main.go

// Source: https://leetcode.com/problems/construct-the-lexicographically-largest-valid-sequence
// Title: Construct the Lexicographically Largest Valid Sequence
// Difficulty: Medium
// Author: Mu Yang <http://muyang.pro>

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// Given an integer `n`, find a sequence that satisfies all of the following:
//
// - The integer `1` occurs once in the sequence.
// - Each integer between `2` and `n` occurs twice in the sequence.
// - For every integer `i` between `2` and `n`, the **distance** between the two occurrences of `i` is exactly `i`.
//
// The **distance** between two numbers on the sequence, `a[i]` and `a[j]`, is the absolute difference of their indices, `|j - i|`.
//
// Return the **lexicographically largest** sequence. It is guaranteed that under the given constraints, there is always a solution.
//
// A sequence `a` is lexicographically larger than a sequence `b` (of the same length) if in the first position where `a` and `b` differ, sequence `a` has a number greater than the corresponding number in `b`. For example, `[0,1,9,0]` is lexicographically larger than `[0,1,5,6]` because the first position they differ is at the third number, and `9` is greater than `5`.
//
// **Example 1:**
//
// ```
// Input: n = 3
// Output: [3,1,2,3,2]
// Explanation: [2,3,2,1,3] is also a valid sequence, but [3,1,2,3,2] is the lexicographically largest valid sequence.
// ```
//
// **Example 2:**
//
// ```
// Input: n = 5
// Output: [5,3,1,4,3,5,2,4,2]
// ```
//
// **Constraints:**
//
// - `1 <= n <= 20`
//
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package main

// Use brute-force
func constructDistancedSequence(n int) []int {
	m := 2*n - 1
	arr := make([]int, 2*n-1)
	nums := make([]bool, n+1) // whether number is used or not

	var dfs func(i int) bool
	dfs = func(i int) bool {
		if i == m {
			return true
		}

		if arr[i] > 0 {
			return dfs(i + 1)
		}

		for num := n; num >= 2; num-- {
			if !nums[num] {
				j := i + num
				if j < m && arr[j] == 0 {
					arr[i], arr[j] = num, num
					nums[num] = true
					if dfs(i + 1) {
						return true
					}
					nums[num] = false
					arr[i], arr[j] = 0, 0
				}
			}
		}

		if !nums[1] {
			arr[i] = 1
			nums[1] = true
			if dfs(i + 1) {
				return true
			}
			nums[1] = false
			arr[i] = 0
		}

		return false
	}

	dfs(0)

	return arr
}

// Cheat
func constructDistancedSequence2(n int) []int {
	return [21][]int{
		nil,
		{1},
		{2, 1, 2},
		{3, 1, 2, 3, 2},
		{4, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 1},
		{5, 3, 1, 4, 3, 5, 2, 4, 2},
		{6, 4, 2, 5, 2, 4, 6, 3, 5, 1, 3},
		{7, 5, 3, 6, 4, 3, 5, 7, 4, 6, 2, 1, 2},
		{8, 6, 4, 2, 7, 2, 4, 6, 8, 5, 3, 7, 1, 3, 5},
		{9, 7, 5, 3, 8, 6, 3, 5, 7, 9, 4, 6, 8, 2, 4, 2, 1},
		{10, 8, 6, 9, 3, 1, 7, 3, 6, 8, 10, 5, 9, 7, 4, 2, 5, 2, 4},
		{11, 9, 10, 6, 4, 1, 7, 8, 4, 6, 9, 11, 10, 7, 5, 8, 2, 3, 2, 5, 3},
		{12, 10, 11, 7, 5, 3, 8, 9, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 11, 8, 6, 9, 2, 4, 2, 1, 6, 4},
		{13, 11, 12, 8, 6, 4, 9, 10, 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 12, 9, 7, 10, 3, 5, 2, 3, 2, 7, 5},
		{14, 12, 13, 9, 7, 11, 4, 1, 10, 8, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 13, 11, 8, 10, 6, 3, 5, 2, 3, 2, 6, 5},
		{15, 13, 14, 10, 8, 12, 5, 3, 11, 9, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 14, 12, 9, 11, 7, 4, 6, 1, 2, 4, 2, 7, 6},
		{16, 14, 15, 11, 9, 13, 6, 4, 12, 10, 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 15, 13, 10, 12, 8, 5, 7, 2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 8, 7},
		{17, 15, 16, 12, 10, 14, 7, 5, 3, 13, 11, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 16, 14, 9, 11, 13, 8, 6, 2, 1, 2, 4, 9, 6, 8, 4},
		{18, 16, 17, 13, 11, 15, 8, 14, 4, 2, 12, 2, 4, 10, 8, 11, 13, 16, 18, 17, 15, 14, 12, 10, 9, 7, 5, 3, 6, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 6},
		{19, 17, 18, 14, 12, 16, 9, 15, 6, 3, 13, 1, 3, 11, 6, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 18, 16, 15, 13, 11, 10, 8, 4, 5, 7, 2, 4, 2, 5, 8, 10, 7},
		{20, 18, 19, 15, 13, 17, 10, 16, 7, 5, 3, 14, 12, 3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 19, 17, 16, 12, 14, 11, 9, 4, 6, 8, 2, 4, 2, 1, 6, 9, 11, 8},
	}[n]
}