Question 50 of 75 - LeetCode Weekly Challenge

LeetCode Challenge #2336. Smallest Number in Infinite Set

You have a set which contains all positive integers [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...].

Implement the SmallestInfiniteSet class:

  • SmallestInfiniteSet() Initializes the SmallestInfiniteSet object to contain all positive integers.
  • int popSmallest() Removes and returns the smallest integer contained in the infinite set.
  • void addBack(int num) Adds a positive integer num back into the infinite set, if it is not already in the infinite set.

 

Example 1:

Input
["SmallestInfiniteSet", "addBack", "popSmallest", "popSmallest", "popSmallest", "addBack", "popSmallest", "popSmallest", "popSmallest"]
[[], [2], [], [], [], [1], [], [], []]
Output
[null, null, 1, 2, 3, null, 1, 4, 5]

Explanation
SmallestInfiniteSet smallestInfiniteSet = new SmallestInfiniteSet();
smallestInfiniteSet.addBack(2);    // 2 is already in the set, so no change is made.
smallestInfiniteSet.popSmallest(); // return 1, since 1 is the smallest number, and remove it from the set.
smallestInfiniteSet.popSmallest(); // return 2, and remove it from the set.
smallestInfiniteSet.popSmallest(); // return 3, and remove it from the set.
smallestInfiniteSet.addBack(1);    // 1 is added back to the set.
smallestInfiniteSet.popSmallest(); // return 1, since 1 was added back to the set and
                                   // is the smallest number, and remove it from the set.
smallestInfiniteSet.popSmallest(); // return 4, and remove it from the set.
smallestInfiniteSet.popSmallest(); // return 5, and remove it from the set.

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= num <= 1000
  • At most 1000 calls will be made in total to popSmallest and addBack.
Video Solution
C++ Solution
				
					class SmallestInfiniteSet {
public:
    set<int> positives;
    SmallestInfiniteSet() {
        for(int i=1; i<=1000; i++)
        {
            positives.insert(i);
        }
    }
    
    int popSmallest() {

        int ans= *positives.begin();
        positives.erase(ans);
        return ans;
    }
    
    void addBack(int num) {
        if(num>0)positives.insert(num);
    }
};
				
			

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