2488. Count Subarrays With Median K
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You are given an array nums of size n consisting of distinct integers from 1 to n and a positive integer k.
Return the number of non-empty subarrays in nums that have a median equal to k.
Note:
- The median of an array is the middle element after sorting the array in ascending order. If the array is of even length, the median is the left middle element.
- For example, the median of
[2,3,1,4]is2, and the median of[8,4,3,5,1]is4.
- For example, the median of
- A subarray is a contiguous part of an array.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [3,2,1,4,5], k = 4 Output: 3 Explanation: The subarrays that have a median equal to 4 are: [4], [4,5] and [1,4,5].
Example 2:
Input: nums = [2,3,1], k = 3 Output: 1 Explanation: [3] is the only subarray that has a median equal to 3.
Constraints:
n == nums.length1 <= n <= 1051 <= nums[i], k <= n- The integers in
numsare distinct.
Hints
Hint 1
Consider changing the numbers that are strictly greater than k in the array to 1, the numbers that are strictly smaller than k to -1, and k to 0.
Hint 2
After the change, what property does a subarray with median k have in the new array?
Hint 3
An array with median k should have a sum equal to either 0 or 1 in the new array and should contain the element k. How do you count such subarrays?