Given int array, return true if can rearrange cards into groupSize consecutive
Ex. hand = [1,2,3,6,2,3,4,7,8], groupSize = 3 -> true, [1,2,3],[2,3,4],[6,7,8]
Loop thru ordered map, for a value, check groupSize consecutive & remove
Time: O(n log n)
Space: O(n)
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class Solution {
public:
bool isNStraightHand(vector<int>& hand, int groupSize) {
int n = hand.size();
if (n % groupSize != 0) {
return false;
}
map<int, int> m;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
m[hand[i]]++;
}
while (!m.empty()) {
int curr = m.begin()->first;
for (int i = 0; i < groupSize; i++) {
if (m[curr + i] == 0) {
return false;
}
m[curr + i]--;
if (m[curr + i] < 1) {
m.erase(curr + i);
}
}
}
return true;
}
};