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This PR adds solutions and explanations for 16 LeetCode problems.

Accepted Problems (16)

  1. 237 - Delete Node in a Linked List (Medium)

    • Accepted: 41/41 test cases
    • Approach: Copy next node's value and skip next node
  2. 797 - All Paths From Source to Target (Medium)

    • Accepted: 30/30 test cases
    • Approach: DFS with backtracking to find all paths
  3. 1008 - Construct Binary Search Tree from Preorder Traversal (Medium)

    • Accepted: 111/111 test cases
    • Approach: Recursive construction using BST property
  4. 1079 - Letter Tile Possibilities (Medium)

    • Accepted: 86/86 test cases
    • Approach: Backtracking with character frequency counting
  5. 1261 - Find Elements in a Contaminated Binary Tree (Medium)

    • Accepted: 34/34 test cases
    • Approach: Recover tree values and store in hash set
  6. 1347 - Minimum Number of Steps to Make Two Strings Anagram (Medium)

    • Accepted: 63/63 test cases
    • Approach: Count character frequencies and calculate differences
  7. 1551 - Minimum Operations to Make Array Equal (Medium)

    • Accepted: 301/301 test cases
    • Approach: Calculate operations needed to reach target value
  8. 1605 - Find Valid Matrix Given Row and Column Sums (Medium)

    • Accepted: 85/85 test cases
    • Approach: Greedy placement using minimum of row and column sums
  9. 1630 - Arithmetic Subarrays (Medium)

    • Accepted: 104/104 test cases
    • Approach: Sort subarrays and check for arithmetic progression
  10. 1823 - Find the Winner of the Circular Game (Medium)

    • Accepted: 95/95 test cases
    • Approach: Josephus problem using recurrence formula
  11. 2120 - Execution of All Suffix Instructions Staying in a Grid (Medium)

    • Accepted: 113/113 test cases
    • Approach: Simulate robot movement for each starting position
  12. 2221 - Find Triangular Sum of an Array (Medium)

    • Accepted: 300/300 test cases
    • Approach: Repeatedly compute (nums[i] + nums[i+1]) % 10 until one element
  13. 2326 - Spiral Matrix IV (Medium)

    • Accepted: 50/50 test cases
    • Approach: Spiral traversal using direction vectors
  14. 2482 - Difference Between Ones and Zeros in Row and Column (Medium)

    • Accepted: 85/85 test cases
    • Approach: Count ones in rows/columns, then compute differences
  15. 2785 - Sort Vowels in a String (Medium)

    • Accepted: 2216/2216 test cases
    • Approach: Extract vowels, sort, then replace in order
  16. 3562 - Maximum Profit from Trading Stocks with Discounts (Hard)

    • Accepted: 790/790 test cases
    • Approach: Tree DP with knapsack for optimal budget allocation
    • Note: Used community solutions as reference to implement correct approach

Notes

  • Problem 3271 (Hash Divided String): Solution code is correct but encountered session expiration issues during submission. The code matches community solutions and should work once session is refreshed.
  • Problem 2637 (Promise Time Limit): Skipped as it's JavaScript-only.
  • All solutions follow the repository's coding standards and use res as the result variable name.
  • All explanations follow the structured format defined in the rules.

Summary by Sourcery

Add and adjust Python solutions and accompanying explanations for several LeetCode problems, including a new tree-DP/knapsack solution for problem 3562, while simplifying code and documentation structure.

New Features:

  • Implement a tree dynamic programming and knapsack-based solution for LeetCode 3562 with a corresponding English explanation file.

Bug Fixes:

  • Correct counting logic and recursion structure in the 1079 Letter Tile Possibilities solution to accurately sum all valid sequences.
  • Fix arithmetic subarray checking to sort and validate subarrays in-place without redundant copies for problem 1630.

Enhancements:

  • Refine multiple existing Python solutions (e.g., for problems 1008, 1079, 1261, 1347, 1551, 1605, 1630, 1823, 2120, 2221, 2326, 2482, 2785, 797) to use clearer logic, in-place operations, and minor API simplifications.
  • Restructure several explanation markdowns to focus on constraints, high-level strategy, and stepwise walkthroughs instead of duplicated sections and verbose restatements.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added a new problem: "Maximum Profit from Trading Stocks with Discounts" (Hard difficulty, Dynamic Programming category).
  • Documentation

    • Improved explanations across 15 problems with enhanced structure, clearer constraints, detailed examples, and comprehensive walkthroughs.
  • Optimization

    • Refactored solution code for improved efficiency and readability.

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Adds accepted solutions and detailed explanations for 16 LeetCode problems, refines several existing explanations to a more constraint‑ and approach‑oriented style, and adjusts multiple solution implementations for clarity, small optimizations, and consistency with repo conventions, including introducing a tree-DP/knapsack solution for problem 3562.

Flow diagram for tree DP knapsack in maxProfit (problem 3562)

flowchart TD
    start_main["Start maxProfit(n, present, future, hierarchy, budget)"] --> build_adj["Build adj_list from hierarchy (0-indexed)"]
    build_adj --> call_dfs_root["Call dfs(employee=0, has_discount=False)"]
    call_dfs_root --> dfs_start

    subgraph dfs_subgraph["dfs(employee, has_discount)"]
        dfs_start["Enter dfs(employee, has_discount)"] --> compute_cost["If has_discount: cost = present[employee] / 2; else cost = present[employee]"]
        compute_cost --> compute_profit["profit = future[employee] - cost"]
        compute_profit --> init_buy_skip

        init_buy_skip["Initialize buy_current and skip_current"] --> check_afford
        check_afford{"cost <= budget?"} -->|Yes| set_buy["buy_current = { cost: profit }"]
        check_afford -->|No| empty_buy["buy_current = {}"]
        set_buy --> init_skip["skip_current = { 0: 0 }"]
        empty_buy --> init_skip

        init_skip --> children_loop_start
        children_loop_start["For each child in adj_list[employee]"] --> children_loop_cond{"More children?"}
        children_loop_cond -->|No| merge_buy_skip
        children_loop_cond -->|Yes| process_child["Take next child"]

        process_child --> dfs_child_disc["child_with_discount = dfs(child, True)"]
        dfs_child_disc --> dfs_child_nodisc["child_no_discount = dfs(child, False)"]
        dfs_child_nodisc --> merge_buy_child

        merge_buy_child["Merge buy_current with child_with_discount using knapsack"] --> merge_buy_inner
        merge_buy_inner["For each (spent, prof) in buy_current and (child_spent, child_prof) in child_with_discount:<br/>if spent + child_spent <= budget:<br/>new_buy[spent + child_spent] = max(existing, prof + child_prof)"] --> update_buy["buy_current = new_buy"]

        update_buy --> merge_skip_child
        merge_skip_child["Merge skip_current with child_no_discount using knapsack"] --> merge_skip_inner
        merge_skip_inner["For each (spent, prof) in skip_current and (child_spent, child_prof) in child_no_discount:<br/>if spent + child_spent <= budget:<br/>new_skip[spent + child_spent] = max(existing, prof + child_prof)"] --> update_skip["skip_current = new_skip"]

        update_skip --> children_loop_cond

        merge_buy_skip["Merge buy_current and skip_current into result"] --> result_loop["For each (spent, prof) in buy_current and skip_current:<br/>result[spent] = max(existing, prof)"]
        result_loop --> dfs_return["Return result (dict: spent_budget -> max_profit)"]
    end

    dfs_return --> main_collect["result = dfs(0, False)"]
    main_collect --> main_answer["answer = max(result.values()) if result else 0"]
    main_answer --> end_main["Return answer from maxProfit"]
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File-Level Changes

Change Details Files
Refine difference-matrix explanation and slightly simplify implementation for computing ones-minus-zeros in a binary grid.
  • Rewrite the 2482 explanation to emphasize constraints, derive the simplified formula conceptually, and streamline the step-by-step walkthrough with a single example.
  • Change result matrix construction to preallocate a 2D list and fill it in-place using precomputed onesRow/onesCol and derived zerosRow/zerosCol values.
explanations/2482/en.md
solutions/2482/01.py
Tighten DFS path enumeration explanation and keep implementation minimal for enumerating all paths in a DAG.
  • Rewrite the 797 explanation around constraints, DFS with backtracking, and a concise example trace.
  • Leave the solution logic intact but remove unused typing imports, relying on the platform’s environment for type names.
explanations/797/en.md
solutions/797/01.py
Clarify O(1) delete-node-in-list strategy in the explanation and keep the implementation minimal.
  • Refocus the 237 explanation on constraints, the copy-and-skip trick, and a compact example trace table.
  • Slightly clean up comments in the solution so only the essential two in-place operations remain.
explanations/237/en.md
solutions/237/01.py
Reframe the greedy matrix reconstruction explanation and keep implementation straightforward for matching row/column sums.
  • Update the 1605 explanation to foreground constraints, the greedy min(rowSum, colSum) idea, and a worked 2x2 example with a trace table.
  • Minorly simplify comments in the implementation while preserving the nested-loop greedy construction.
explanations/1605/en.md
solutions/1605/01.py
Clarify spiral traversal from a linked list and simplify list usage in the implementation for filling a matrix in spiral order.
  • Rewrite the 2326 explanation to emphasize constraints, direction vectors, and how/when we rotate directions, with an example trace.
  • In the solution, operate directly on the head pointer instead of an intermediate variable while traversing and filling the spiral matrix.
explanations/2326/en.md
solutions/2326/01.py
Switch BST reconstruction from an iterative stack-based algorithm to a recursive preorder-splitting strategy and update explanation accordingly.
  • Replace the 1008 explanation to describe recursive reconstruction using the preorder structure and the left/right split based on the root value.
  • Change bstFromPreorder from a stack-based O(n) construction to a recursive approach that selects the root, splits the preorder list into left and right parts, and recurses on them.
explanations/1008/en.md
solutions/1008/01.py
Detail vowel-sorting behavior and keep the vowel-extraction solution concise for sorting vowels in a string.
  • Revise the 2785 explanation to focus on constraints, extract-sort-rebuild, and an ASCII-ordered example trace.
  • Slightly adjust comments in the implementation to reflect the extract-and-sort approach without altering logic.
explanations/2785/en.md
solutions/2785/01.py
Clarify counting of tile sequences and make the backtracking implementation structurally clearer for letter tile possibilities.
  • Recast the 1079 explanation around constraints, frequency-count backtracking, and a detailed AAB trace.
  • Refactor numTilePossibilities so the backtracking helper returns its own count recursively rather than relying on a nonlocal accumulator, still using a Counter of tiles.
explanations/1079/en.md
solutions/1079/01.py
Clarify suffix simulation strategy for robot movement and simplify the inner loop by inlining direction updates for counting valid moves.
  • Rewrite the 2120 explanation to highlight constraints, the per-suffix simulation approach, and a step-by-step example table.
  • Replace the direction-map dict with inlined conditionals on instruction characters to update row/col directly, removing an intermediate (dr, dc) pair.
explanations/2120/en.md
solutions/2120/01.py
Clarify iterative triangular-sum reduction and keep implementation minimal for computing the triangular sum of an array.
  • Update the 2221 explanation to stress constraints, the layered reduction process, and a full example table for the shrinking arrays.
  • Keep the solution loop that repeatedly replaces nums with its pairwise mod-10 sums; remove unused type imports.
explanations/2221/en.md
solutions/2221/01.py
Refine character-frequency comparison explanation and keep the implementation aligned for computing minimum steps to an anagram.
  • Rewrite 1347 explanation to emphasize constraints, per-character deficits of t relative to s, and a small example trace.
  • Adjust the conditional in minSteps to directly compare count_s[char] and count_t[char] while still summing only positive deficits; move Counter import inside the method and remove top-level typing imports.
explanations/1347/en.md
solutions/1347/01.py
Clarify Josephus-recurrence reasoning and slightly rephrase the implementation while keeping the recurrence intact for finding the winner of the circular game.
  • Update the 1823 explanation to clearly present the Josephus recurrence, show a full n=5,k=2 trace, and stress O(n) time.
  • Reword the implementation to use a variable named res and an iteration from 1..n, but still compute the same recurrence and return res+1.
explanations/1823/en.md
solutions/1823/01.py
Clarify contaminated-tree recovery and slightly adjust DFS base case style while keeping complexity and behavior the same for FindElements.
  • Rewrite the 1261 explanation to focus on the value formulas, one-time recovery, and O(1) set-based find operations with a small example.
  • Change the recover helper’s base case to an explicit if not node: return, then assign node.val, add to the set, and recurse, maintaining functionality while improving readability.
explanations/1261/en.md
solutions/1261/01.py
Clarify arithmetic-subarray checking strategy and slightly streamline the implementation of query processing.
  • Rewrite the 1630 explanation around constraints, per-query sorted-subarray checks, and example query traces.
  • In checkArithmeticSubarrays, sort the subarray in-place, early-return True for subarrays of length <2, and simplify diff checking using the sorted subarray directly.
explanations/1630/en.md
solutions/1630/01.py
Clarify operation-count derivation for equalizing an odd sequence and slightly adjust the loop structure for computing min operations.
  • Revise the 1551 explanation to center on the target value n, symmetry of the odd sequence, and small n examples with trace tables.
  • Modify minOperations to iterate from i=0..n-1, summing target-current only while current < target and breaking once the midpoint is reached, instead of iterating only to n//2 implicitly via the loop bounds.
explanations/1551/en.md
solutions/1551/01.py
Introduce a tree-DP plus knapsack solution and explanation for maximizing stock-trading profit with hierarchical discounts.
  • Add a new explanation for 3562 describing constraints, the tree-DP state (employee, has_discount), and how per-node budget→profit maps are merged via knapsack over children.
  • Implement maxProfit using a DFS with memoization where each call returns a dict mapping total-spent budget to maximum profit, building adjacency from the hierarchy, and merging children’s discounted/undiscounted states depending on whether the parent is bought.
explanations/3562/en.md
solutions/3562/01.py

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This PR adds a new LeetCode problem (#3562) with solution and explanation, while standardizing explanation files across 14 existing problems to follow a consistent documentation structure. Solution files receive minor refactoring, code optimizations, and cleanup.

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New Problem Entry
data/leetcode-problems.json
Added problem 3562 "Maximum Profit from Trading Stocks with Discounts" (Hard, Dynamic Programming)
New Problem Explanation & Solution
explanations/3562/en.md, solutions/3562/01.py
Added complete explanation and tree DP + knapsack solution for new problem 3562
Explanation Restructuring
explanations/{237,797,1008,1079,1261,1347,1551,1605,1630,1823,2120,2221,2326,2482,2785}/en.md
Consolidated documentation format: replaced "Restate the problem" sections with structured "Constraints & Edge Cases" blocks, expanded high-level approaches with concrete examples, reorganized decomposition steps, and added/improved trace walkthroughs for consistency across all 15 problem explanations
Solution Refactoring & Optimization
solutions/{237,797,1008,1079,1261,1347,1551,1605,1630,1823,2120,2221,2326,2482,2785}/01.py
Minor code cleanup (removed/relocated imports), simplified logic (1008: recursive split vs. stack; 1079: return-based accumulation; 1551: conditional accumulation; 1630: in-place sorting; 2482: preallocated matrix; 2120/2326: inlined conditionals; others: comment removal)

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  • Runtime risk: solutions/2221/01.py removes List import but type hints still reference it
  • Potential correctness issues in solutions with logic changes (1630 in-place sorting behavior, 1551 early-exit condition)

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Hey there - I've reviewed your changes - here's some feedback:

  • For problem 1008, the previous iterative stack-based reconstruction runs in linear time, while the new recursive split-and-recurse approach can degrade to O(n²) due to repeated scanning and slicing; consider restoring the stack solution or adding bounds-based recursion to keep the construction O(n).
  • In the tree-DP/knapsack solution for problem 3562, the per-node dictionaries of (spent → profit) are not pruned for dominated states, so merging children is O(budget²); you can significantly reduce runtime by discarding entries where another state has both lower or equal cost and higher or equal profit.
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Please address the comments from this code review:

## Overall Comments
- For problem 1008, the previous iterative stack-based reconstruction runs in linear time, while the new recursive split-and-recurse approach can degrade to O(n²) due to repeated scanning and slicing; consider restoring the stack solution or adding bounds-based recursion to keep the construction O(n).
- In the tree-DP/knapsack solution for problem 3562, the per-node dictionaries of (spent → profit) are not pruned for dominated states, so merging children is O(budget²); you can significantly reduce runtime by discarding entries where another state has both lower or equal cost and higher or equal profit.

## Individual Comments

### Comment 1
<location> `solutions/1551/01.py:7-13` </location>
<code_context>
 class Solution:
     def numTilePossibilities(self, tiles: str) -> int:
-        count = Counter(tiles)
-        res = 0
+        from collections import Counter

</code_context>

<issue_to_address>
**suggestion (performance):** The loop can be simplified and reduced to `n // 2` iterations with a direct formula.

Right now you still scan from 0 upward and branch on each element before breaking. Because only indices `< n // 2` can produce values `< n`, you can iterate directly with `for i in range(n // 2):` and remove the conditional/break. Or, if you don’t need per-iteration work, replace the loop with the closed form `n * n // 4` to compute the same result.
</issue_to_address>

### Comment 2
<location> `explanations/1079/en.md:8` </location>
<code_context>
-- **Space Complexity:** O(n) recursion depth + O(1) counts.  
-- **Edge Case:** Single tile → exactly 1 sequence.
+* **String Length:** The tiles string has length 1-7, consisting of uppercase English letters. This small constraint allows for backtracking solutions.
+* **Time Complexity:** We generate all possible sequences using backtracking. The number of sequences depends on the character frequencies. **Time Complexity: O(2^n)** where n is the number of unique sequences, **Space Complexity: O(n)** for recursion stack and character counts.
+* **Edge Case:** If tiles has only one character, there's exactly one sequence (the character itself).

</code_context>

<issue_to_address>
**suggestion:** Clarify the time-complexity notation and what `n` represents.

Referring to `n` as “the number of unique sequences” is misleading—`n` is usually the input size (e.g., `len(tiles)`), and the number of sequences is what scales like `2^n`. Please rephrase to define `n` as the input length (e.g., `O(2^n)` where `n` is `len(tiles)`), or use a more standard bound such as `O(2^n * n)` if you want to account for sequence length as well.
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- **Space Complexity:** O(n) recursion depth + O(1) counts.
- **Edge Case:** Single tile → exactly 1 sequence.
* **String Length:** The tiles string has length 1-7, consisting of uppercase English letters. This small constraint allows for backtracking solutions.
* **Time Complexity:** We generate all possible sequences using backtracking. The number of sequences depends on the character frequencies. **Time Complexity: O(2^n)** where n is the number of unique sequences, **Space Complexity: O(n)** for recursion stack and character counts.
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suggestion: Clarify the time-complexity notation and what n represents.

Referring to n as “the number of unique sequences” is misleading—n is usually the input size (e.g., len(tiles)), and the number of sequences is what scales like 2^n. Please rephrase to define n as the input length (e.g., O(2^n) where n is len(tiles)), or use a more standard bound such as O(2^n * n) if you want to account for sequence length as well.

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Actionable comments posted: 5

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solutions/2482/01.py (1)

2-2: Missing List import for type annotation.

The type hint uses List but it's not imported. While LeetCode's environment typically handles this, adding the import improves portability.

+from typing import List
+
 class Solution:
     def onesMinusZeros(self, grid: List[List[int]]) -> List[List[int]]:
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solutions/1347/01.py (1)

3-3: Consider moving import to module level.

While functional, moving the Counter import inside the function adds a small lookup overhead on each call. Python style guidelines typically recommend module-level imports for better readability and performance.

Apply this diff to move the import to module level:

+from collections import Counter
+
 class Solution:
     def minSteps(self, s: str, t: str) -> int:
-        from collections import Counter
-        
         count_s = Counter(s)
         count_t = Counter(t)
solutions/1008/01.py (1)

14-20: Clean recursive implementation with minor performance consideration.

The recursive approach is intuitive and correct. The array slicing (preorder[1:i], preorder[i:]) creates copies at each recursive level, resulting in O(n²) space complexity in the worst case (skewed tree). For competitive programming this is acceptable, but for production code you might consider passing start/end indices instead.

If you want to optimize space complexity to O(n), consider passing indices:

 class Solution:
     def bstFromPreorder(self, preorder: List[int]) -> Optional[TreeNode]:
+        def build(start: int, end: int) -> Optional[TreeNode]:
+            if start >= end:
+                return None
+            
+            root = TreeNode(preorder[start])
+            i = start + 1
+            while i < end and preorder[i] < preorder[start]:
+                i += 1
+            
+            root.left = build(start + 1, i)
+            root.right = build(i, end)
+            return root
+        
+        return build(0, len(preorder))
-        if not preorder:
-            return None
-        
-        root = TreeNode(preorder[0])
-        
-        # Find the split point where values become greater than root
-        i = 1
-        while i < len(preorder) and preorder[i] < preorder[0]:
-            i += 1
-        
-        root.left = self.bstFromPreorder(preorder[1:i])
-        root.right = self.bstFromPreorder(preorder[i:])
-        
-        return root
explanations/2482/en.md (1)

5-5: Consider using proper markdown headings instead of bold emphasis.

Lines 5, 11, 21, 26 use **bold text** as sub-headings. Using #### headings would improve document structure and accessibility.

-**Constraints & Edge Cases**
+#### Constraints & Edge Cases
-**High-level approach**
+#### High-level approach
-**Brute force vs. optimized strategy**
+#### Brute force vs. optimized strategy
-**Decomposition**
+#### Decomposition

Also applies to: 11-11, 21-21, 26-26

explanations/1079/en.md (1)

8-8: Minor: Time complexity description is circular.

The statement "O(2^n) where n is the number of unique sequences" is circular since we're trying to count sequences. A clearer formulation would be that the time complexity is bounded by the total number of permutations, which for input length L with character frequencies is at most O(L! / ∏(count[c]!)), or simply "exponential in the input size but manageable for L ≤ 7."

explanations/1008/en.md (1)

36-38: Clarification: Split condition should use strict inequality for general correctness.

The condition preorder[i] >= preorder[0] works due to unique values, but conceptually for BST the right subtree contains values strictly greater than the root. Consider using preorder[i] > preorder[0] to be more precise, matching the BST property where left < root < right.

solutions/3562/01.py (2)

2-2: Unused parameter n.

The parameter n is declared but never used in the method. This is acceptable if the LeetCode problem signature requires it, but worth noting. The actual number of employees can be inferred from len(present).

If LeetCode allows modifying the signature, consider removing n. Otherwise, you could add a comment like # n is provided but not needed; tree structure is in hierarchy.


3-4: Consider moving imports to module level.

While placing imports inside functions can improve startup time for unused code paths, PEP 8 recommends module-level imports for clarity. For LeetCode solutions this is often acceptable, but consider moving them to the top.

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18-18: Vary phrasing to improve readability.

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-* **Optimized:** Count character frequencies in both strings. For each character, if s has more occurrences than t, we need to replace (count_s[char] - count_t[char]) characters in t.
+* **Optimized:** Count character frequencies in both strings. For each character, if s has more occurrences than t, calculate the difference (count_s[char] - count_t[char]) as the number of characters to replace in t.
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solutions/2785/01.py (1)

5-5: LGTM! Minor comment improvement.

The updated comment is more concise while maintaining clarity.

solutions/1823/01.py (1)

3-7: LGTM! Clean Josephus problem implementation.

The implementation correctly uses the iterative Josephus formula with proper 1-indexed conversion.

solutions/1347/01.py (1)

5-13: LGTM! Correct anagram step calculation.

The logic correctly counts excess characters in s that need replacement to form an anagram of t.

solutions/1261/01.py (1)

13-18: LGTM! Good use of early return pattern.

The refactoring to use early return improves readability while maintaining the same logic. The tree recovery algorithm correctly assigns values using the formula 2*val+1 for left and 2*val+2 for right children.

solutions/2326/01.py (2)

14-19: LGTM! Cleaner traversal logic.

The refactoring eliminates the redundant current variable and directly uses head, making the code more concise while maintaining correctness.


21-32: LGTM! Correct spiral traversal implementation.

The direction-change logic properly handles boundary conditions and already-filled cells for spiral matrix traversal.

solutions/2120/01.py (1)

11-23: LGTM! Valid refactoring to explicit conditionals.

The change from dictionary-based direction mapping to explicit conditionals makes the movement logic more transparent. The boundary checking and counting logic remain correct.

data/leetcode-problems.json (1)

25843-25843: JSON entry properly formatted and consistent with existing structure.

The new problem entry for 3562 follows the established conventions: correct field structure, appropriate difficulty level, valid LeetCode problem URL, and empty tags array consistent with other entries. The comma placement on line 25842 correctly precedes this entry.

solutions/1551/01.py (1)

1-15: LGTM!

The algorithm correctly computes minimum operations using the symmetry property of the array. Since elements form an arithmetic sequence [1, 3, 5, ..., 2n-1] with average n, summing differences from the lower half is optimal. The early break when current >= target avoids unnecessary iterations.

solutions/1079/01.py (1)

1-16: LGTM!

The backtracking approach with return-value accumulation is clean and correct. Each available character creates a new sequence (+1), then recursively explores extensions. The Counter handles duplicate tiles properly.

solutions/2482/01.py (1)

15-23: LGTM!

Good optimization moving zerosRow calculation outside the inner loop. The preallocated matrix with direct assignment is cleaner than dynamic row construction.

solutions/1630/01.py (1)

5-21: LGTM!

The arithmetic progression check is clean and correct. The slice on line 6 creates a copy, so the in-place sort doesn't affect the original nums array. Early break on mismatch is a good optimization.

explanations/2482/en.md (1)

54-67: Trace table is well-structured and accurate.

The cell-by-cell walkthrough clearly demonstrates the algorithm. Verified calculations match the expected output [[0,0,4],[0,0,4],[-2,-2,2]].

explanations/2326/en.md (1)

5-59: [Covered by consolidated markdown heading refactor comment above.]

Content quality and structure are good. Apply the same ### heading refactor as noted in the consolidated comment for all 8 files.

explanations/1551/en.md (1)

5-50: [Covered by consolidated markdown heading refactor comment above.]

Content and examples are clear. Apply the ### heading refactor.

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5-50: [Covered by consolidated markdown heading refactor comment above.]

Content is clear with good iteration trace. Apply the ### heading refactor.

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5-52: [Covered by consolidated markdown heading refactor comment above.]

Content explains recovery and querying well. Apply the ### heading refactor.

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Content explains DFS and backtracking clearly. Apply the ### heading refactor.

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Content is clear with helpful verification section. Apply the ### heading refactor.

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5-57: [Covered by consolidated markdown heading refactor comment above.]

Content explains per-position simulation clearly. Apply the ### heading refactor to complete standardization.

explanations/2785/en.md (1)

1-56: LGTM!

The explanation is well-structured with clear constraints, complexity analysis, and a detailed trace walkthrough. The example correctly demonstrates the vowel sorting algorithm with proper ASCII ordering (uppercase before lowercase).

explanations/237/en.md (1)

1-49: LGTM!

The explanation clearly describes the classic "copy next node's value and skip" technique for deleting a node without head access. The trace walkthrough accurately demonstrates the algorithm with the example.

explanations/1079/en.md (1)

44-55: LGTM!

The trace walkthrough correctly enumerates all 8 possible sequences for "AAB" and demonstrates the backtracking approach clearly.

explanations/1823/en.md (1)

1-53: LGTM!

The Josephus recurrence formula and step-by-step calculation are mathematically correct. The trace table clearly demonstrates the computation for n=5, k=2 leading to the correct result of 3 (1-indexed).

explanations/1008/en.md (1)

1-56: LGTM overall!

The recursive split-point approach is clearly explained, and the trace walkthrough correctly demonstrates building the BST from [8,5,1,7,10,12].

explanations/3562/en.md (1)

43-53: LGTM!

The trace walkthrough clearly demonstrates the tree DP + knapsack approach with correct profit calculations for both buy and skip options.

solutions/3562/01.py (2)

11-12: Verify lru_cache usage with dict returns.

Using @lru_cache on dfs which returns a dict is technically valid since caching is based on input arguments, not return values. However, ensure callers never mutate the returned dictionaries, as that would corrupt cached results. In this code, the returned dicts are only read in iterations, so this appears safe.


6-65: Algorithm logic looks correct.

The tree DP + knapsack approach correctly:

  1. Builds the adjacency list from hierarchy
  2. Processes each employee with/without discount states
  3. Merges children results via knapsack convolution
  4. Returns the maximum profit across all budget allocations
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3-48: Content and structure align well with PR standardization objectives.

The explanation now follows a clear, consistent structure with explicit constraints, complexity analysis, high-level strategy, decomposition steps, and a concrete example walkthrough. The technical content is accurate—the frequency-counting approach is sound, the example correctly demonstrates the concept, and the time/space complexity analysis (O(n) time, O(1) space for 26-letter alphabet) is correct.


**Restate the problem**
Given two equal-length lowercase strings `s` and `t`, find the minimum number of character replacements in `t` to make it an anagram of `s`.
**Constraints & Edge Cases**
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**Constraints & Edge Cases**

**1.1 Constraints & Complexity**
- **Input Size:** `n, m <= 500`.
- **Time Complexity:** O(m * k log k), where k is subarray length (sort each subarray).
- **Space Complexity:** O(k) per query for the sorted copy.
- **Edge Case:** Subarray of length 2 is always arithmetic.
* **Array Sizes:** nums has length 2-500, and we have 1-500 range queries. Each query specifies a subarray that can be rearranged.
* **Time Complexity:** For each query, we extract the subarray (O(n)), sort it (O(n log n)), and check if it's arithmetic (O(n)). With m queries, total is O(m * n log n). **Time Complexity: O(m * n log n)**, **Space Complexity: O(n)** for the sorted subarray.
* **Edge Case:** If a subarray has less than 2 elements, it's trivially arithmetic (return True).

**1.2 High-level approach**
Extract subarray, sort it, ensure consecutive differences are equal.
![Sorted subarray check](https://assets.leetcode.com/static_assets/public/images/LeetCode_logo.png)
**High-level approach**

**1.3 Brute force vs. optimized strategy**
- **Brute Force:** Try all permutations — factorial blowup.
- **Optimized:** Sorting then one pass diff check — O(k log k).
The problem asks us to check if subarrays can be rearranged to form arithmetic sequences. A sequence is arithmetic if the difference between consecutive elements is constant.

**1.4 Decomposition**
1. For each query, copy subarray `nums[l:r+1]`.
2. Sort it.
3. Compute common diff = `sorted[1]-sorted[0]`.
4. Verify all consecutive diffs match; if any differ, mark false; else true.
**Brute force vs. optimized strategy**

* **Brute Force:** For each query, try all permutations of the subarray to see if any forms an arithmetic sequence. This would be O(n! * n) per query, which is exponential.
* **Optimized:** Sort the subarray and check if the sorted version is arithmetic. If a set of numbers can form an arithmetic sequence, its sorted version will be arithmetic. This is O(n log n) per query.

**Decomposition**

1. **Extract Subarray:** Get the subarray from nums[l[i]] to nums[r[i]].
2. **Sort:** Sort the subarray to check if it can be arithmetic.
3. **Check Arithmetic:** Verify that differences between consecutive elements are constant.

### Steps

**2.1 Initialization & Example Setup**
Example: `nums=[4,6,5,9,3,7]`, query `[0,2]` → subarray `[4,6,5]`.
1. **Initialization & Example Setup**
Let's use `nums = [4,6,5,9,3,7]`, `l = [0,0,2]`, `r = [2,3,5]` as our example.
- Initialize `res = []` to store results.

**2.2 Start Checking**
Sort → `[4,5,6]`, diff = 1.
2. **Process Each Query**
For query i = 0: `l[0]=0`, `r[0]=2`
- Extract subarray: `nums[0:3] = [4,6,5]`
- Sort: `[4,5,6]`
- Check differences: `5-4=1`, `6-5=1` → constant difference → True

**2.3 Trace Walkthrough**
| Subarray (sorted) | Step | Diff check | OK? |
|-------------------|------|----------------------|-----|
| [4,5,6] | 4→5 | 1 == diff ||
| | 5→6 | 1 == diff ||
3. **Trace Walkthrough**

**2.4 Increment and Loop**
Repeat for each query independently.
| Query | l[i] | r[i] | Subarray | Sorted | Differences | Result |
|-------|------|------|----------|--------|-------------|--------|
| 0 | 0 | 2 | [4,6,5] | [4,5,6] | 1, 1 | True |
| 1 | 0 | 3 | [4,6,5,9]| [4,5,6,9]| 1, 1, 3 | False |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | [5,9,3,7]| [3,5,7,9]| 2, 2, 2 | True |

**2.5 Return Result**
Append boolean for each query into `res`.
4. **Check Arithmetic Logic**
- If sorted array has less than 2 elements, return True.
- Calculate `diff = sorted[1] - sorted[0]`.
- For each subsequent pair, check if `sorted[i] - sorted[i-1] == diff`.

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**Constraints & Edge Cases**
**1.1 Constraints & Complexity**
- **Input Size:** `n, m <= 500`.
- **Time Complexity:** O(m * k log k), where k is subarray length (sort each subarray).
- **Space Complexity:** O(k) per query for the sorted copy.
- **Edge Case:** Subarray of length 2 is always arithmetic.
* **Array Sizes:** nums has length 2-500, and we have 1-500 range queries. Each query specifies a subarray that can be rearranged.
* **Time Complexity:** For each query, we extract the subarray (O(n)), sort it (O(n log n)), and check if it's arithmetic (O(n)). With m queries, total is O(m * n log n). **Time Complexity: O(m * n log n)**, **Space Complexity: O(n)** for the sorted subarray.
* **Edge Case:** If a subarray has less than 2 elements, it's trivially arithmetic (return True).
**1.2 High-level approach**
Extract subarray, sort it, ensure consecutive differences are equal.
![Sorted subarray check](https://assets.leetcode.com/static_assets/public/images/LeetCode_logo.png)
**High-level approach**
**1.3 Brute force vs. optimized strategy**
- **Brute Force:** Try all permutations — factorial blowup.
- **Optimized:** Sorting then one pass diff check — O(k log k).
The problem asks us to check if subarrays can be rearranged to form arithmetic sequences. A sequence is arithmetic if the difference between consecutive elements is constant.
**1.4 Decomposition**
1. For each query, copy subarray `nums[l:r+1]`.
2. Sort it.
3. Compute common diff = `sorted[1]-sorted[0]`.
4. Verify all consecutive diffs match; if any differ, mark false; else true.
**Brute force vs. optimized strategy**
* **Brute Force:** For each query, try all permutations of the subarray to see if any forms an arithmetic sequence. This would be O(n! * n) per query, which is exponential.
* **Optimized:** Sort the subarray and check if the sorted version is arithmetic. If a set of numbers can form an arithmetic sequence, its sorted version will be arithmetic. This is O(n log n) per query.
**Decomposition**
1. **Extract Subarray:** Get the subarray from nums[l[i]] to nums[r[i]].
2. **Sort:** Sort the subarray to check if it can be arithmetic.
3. **Check Arithmetic:** Verify that differences between consecutive elements are constant.
### Steps
**2.1 Initialization & Example Setup**
Example: `nums=[4,6,5,9,3,7]`, query `[0,2]` → subarray `[4,6,5]`.
1. **Initialization & Example Setup**
Let's use `nums = [4,6,5,9,3,7]`, `l = [0,0,2]`, `r = [2,3,5]` as our example.
- Initialize `res = []` to store results.
**2.2 Start Checking**
Sort → `[4,5,6]`, diff = 1.
2. **Process Each Query**
For query i = 0: `l[0]=0`, `r[0]=2`
- Extract subarray: `nums[0:3] = [4,6,5]`
- Sort: `[4,5,6]`
- Check differences: `5-4=1`, `6-5=1` → constant difference → True
**2.3 Trace Walkthrough**
| Subarray (sorted) | Step | Diff check | OK? |
|-------------------|------|----------------------|-----|
| [4,5,6] | 4→5 | 1 == diff ||
| | 5→6 | 1 == diff ||
3. **Trace Walkthrough**
**2.4 Increment and Loop**
Repeat for each query independently.
| Query | l[i] | r[i] | Subarray | Sorted | Differences | Result |
|-------|------|------|----------|--------|-------------|--------|
| 0 | 0 | 2 | [4,6,5] | [4,5,6] | 1, 1 | True |
| 1 | 0 | 3 | [4,6,5,9]| [4,5,6,9]| 1, 1, 3 | False |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | [5,9,3,7]| [3,5,7,9]| 2, 2, 2 | True |
**2.5 Return Result**
Append boolean for each query into `res`.
4. **Check Arithmetic Logic**
- If sorted array has less than 2 elements, return True.
- Calculate `diff = sorted[1] - sorted[0]`.
- For each subsequent pair, check if `sorted[i] - sorted[i-1] == diff`.
### Constraints & Edge Cases
* **Array Sizes:** nums has length 2-500, and we have 1-500 range queries. Each query specifies a subarray that can be rearranged.
* **Time Complexity:** For each query, we extract the subarray (O(n)), sort it (O(n log n)), and check if it's arithmetic (O(n)). With m queries, total is O(m * n log n). **Time Complexity: O(m * n log n)**, **Space Complexity: O(n)** for the sorted subarray.
* **Edge Case:** If a subarray has less than 2 elements, it's trivially arithmetic (return True).
### High-level approach
The problem asks us to check if subarrays can be rearranged to form arithmetic sequences. A sequence is arithmetic if the difference between consecutive elements is constant.
### Brute force vs. optimized strategy
* **Brute Force:** For each query, try all permutations of the subarray to see if any forms an arithmetic sequence. This would be O(n! * n) per query, which is exponential.
* **Optimized:** Sort the subarray and check if the sorted version is arithmetic. If a set of numbers can form an arithmetic sequence, its sorted version will be arithmetic. This is O(n log n) per query.
### Decomposition
1. **Extract Subarray:** Get the subarray from nums[l[i]] to nums[r[i]].
2. **Sort:** Sort the subarray to check if it can be arithmetic.
3. **Check Arithmetic:** Verify that differences between consecutive elements are constant.
### Steps
1. **Initialization & Example Setup**
Let's use `nums = [4,6,5,9,3,7]`, `l = [0,0,2]`, `r = [2,3,5]` as our example.
- Initialize `res = []` to store results.
2. **Process Each Query**
For query i = 0: `l[0]=0`, `r[0]=2`
- Extract subarray: `nums[0:3] = [4,6,5]`
- Sort: `[4,5,6]`
- Check differences: `5-4=1`, `6-5=1` → constant difference → True
3. **Trace Walkthrough**
| Query | l[i] | r[i] | Subarray | Sorted | Differences | Result |
|-------|------|------|----------|--------|-------------|--------|
| 0 | 0 | 2 | [4,6,5] | [4,5,6] | 1, 1 | True |
| 1 | 0 | 3 | [4,6,5,9]| [4,5,6,9]| 1, 1, 3 | False |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | [5,9,3,7]| [3,5,7,9]| 2, 2, 2 | True |
4. **Check Arithmetic Logic**
- If sorted array has less than 2 elements, return True.
- Calculate `diff = sorted[1] - sorted[0]`.
- For each subsequent pair, check if `sorted[i] - sorted[i-1] == diff`.
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class Solution:
def checkArithmeticSubarrays(self, nums: List[int], l: List[int], r: List[int]) -> List[bool]:
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