Minimum Size Subarray Sum

Given an array of n positive integers and a positive integer s, find the minimal length of a subarray of which the sum ≥ s. If there isn't one, return 0 instead.

For example, given the array [2,3,1,2,4,3] and s = 7,
the subarray [4,3] has the minimal length under the problem constraint.

Analysis

• 为了找nlogn的解答，自然的想到binary search
• 因为原array的顺序是有用的，不能直接sort array
• 可以新建一个sum[] 用来存储从0到i的数的和，由于所有数都是正的，sum自然是sorted的
• 注意每次binary search要找end的值为sum[i]+s

Code

public class Solution {
    public int minSubArrayLen(int s, int[] nums) {
        int[] sums = new int[nums.length + 1];
        for (int i = 1; i < sums.length; i++) sums[i] = sums[i - 1] + nums[i - 1];
        int minLen = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        for (int i = 0; i < sums.length; i++) {
            int end = binarySearch(i + 1, sums.length - 1, sums[i] + s, sums);
            if (end == sums.length) break;
            if (end - i < minLen) minLen = end - i;
        }
        return minLen == Integer.MAX_VALUE ? 0 : minLen;
    }

    private int binarySearch(int lo, int hi, int key, int[] sums) {
        while (lo <= hi) {
           int mid = (lo + hi) / 2;
           if (sums[mid] >= key){
               hi = mid - 1;
           } else {
               lo = mid + 1;
           }
        }
        return lo;
    }
}

Reference

Leetcode