Find Indices of stable mountains
Find Indices of Stable Mountains
Description
There are n mountains in a row, and each mountain has a height. You are given an integer array height where height[i] represents the height of mountain i, and an integer threshold.
A mountain is called stable if the mountain just before it (if it exists) has a height strictly greater than threshold. Note that mountain 0 is not stable.
Return an array containing the indices of all stable mountains in any order.
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Example 1:
Input: height = [1,2,3,4,5], threshold = 2
Output: [3,4]
Explanation:
Mountain 3 is stable because height[2] == 3 is greater than threshold == 2. Mountain 4 is stable because height[3] == 4 is greater than threshold == 2.
Example 2:
Input: height = [10,1,10,1,10], threshold = 3
Output: [1,3]
Example 3:
Input: height = [10,1,10,1,10], threshold = 10
Output: [ ]
Approach
1. Iterate Through Mountains: Loop through the array starting from the second mountain.
2. Check Stability: Compare the height of the current mountain with the height of the previous mountain.
3. Collect Stable Indices: If the previous mountain's height is greater than the threshold, add the current mountain's index to the result list.
Code in Java
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class Solution {
public:
vector<int> stableMountains(vector<int>& height, int threshold) {
vector<int> result;
for (int i = 1; i < height.size(); i++) {
if (height[i - 1] > threshold) {
result.push_back(i);
}
}
return result;
}
};
class Solution {
public List<Integer> stableMountains(int[] height, int threshold) {
List<Integer> stableMountains = new ArrayList<>();
for(int i=1; i<height.length; i++) {
if(height[i-1]>threshold) {
stableMountains.add(i);
}
}
return stableMountains;
}
}
class Solution:
def stableMountains(self, height: List[int], threshold: int) -> List[int]:
return [i for i in range(1, len(height)) if height[i - 1] > threshold]
var stableMountains = function(height, threshold) {
const result = [];
for (let i = 1; i < height.length; i++) {
if (height[i - 1] > threshold) {
result.push(i);
}
}
return result;
};
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