Median
Tags: LintCode Copyright, Quick Sort, Array, Easy
Question
- lintcode: Median
Problem Statement
Given a unsorted array with integers, find the median of it.
A median is the middle number of the array after it is sorted.
If there are even numbers in the array, return the N/2
-th number after
sorted.
Example
Given [4, 5, 1, 2, 3]
, return 3
.
Given [7, 9, 4, 5]
, return 5
.
Challenge
O(n) time.
题解
寻找未排序数组的中位数,简单粗暴的方法是先排序后输出中位数索引处的数,但是基于比较的排序算法的时间复杂度为 O(n \log n), 不符合题目要求。线性时间复杂度的排序算法常见有计数排序、桶排序和基数排序,这三种排序方法的空间复杂度均较高,且依赖于输入数据特征(数据分布在有限的区间内),用在这里并不是比较好的解法。
由于这里仅需要找出中位数,即找出数组中前半个长度的较大的数,不需要进行完整的排序,说到这你是不是想到了快速排序了呢?快排的核心思想就是以基准为界将原数组划分为左小右大两个部分,用在这十分合适。快排的实现见 Quick Sort, 由于调用一次快排后基准元素的最终位置是知道的,故递归的终止条件即为当基准元素的位置(索引)满足中位数的条件时(左半部分长度为原数组长度一半,无论奇偶均是如此)即返回最终结果。在数组长度确定后,我们可以直接套用 K 大数的模板来解,即 K 为 (length + 1) / 2.
Python
class Solution:
"""
@param nums: A list of integers.
@return: An integer denotes the middle number of the array.
"""
def median(self, nums):
if not nums:
return -1
return self.kth(nums, 0, len(nums) - 1, (1 + len(nums)) / 2)
def kth(self, nums, left, right, k):
# if left >= right: return nums[right]
m = left
for i in xrange(left + 1, right + 1):
if nums[i] < nums[left]:
m += 1
nums[m], nums[i] = nums[i], nums[m]
# swap between m and l after partition, important!
nums[m], nums[left] = nums[left], nums[m]
if m + 1 == k:
return nums[m]
elif m + 1 > k:
return self.kth(nums, left, m - 1, k)
else:
return self.kth(nums, m + 1, right, k)
C++
class Solution {
public:
/**
* @param nums: A list of integers.
* @return: An integer denotes the middle number of the array.
*/
int median(vector<int> &nums) {
if (nums.empty()) return 0;
int len = nums.size();
return kth(nums, 0, len - 1, (len + 1) / 2);
}
private:
int kth(vector<int> &nums, int left, int right, int k) {
// if (left >= right) return nums[right];
int m = left; // index m to track pivot
for (int i = left + 1; i <= right; ++i) {
if (nums[i] < nums[left]) {
++m;
std::swap(nums[i], nums[m]);
}
}
// swap with the pivot
std::swap(nums[left], nums[m]);
if (m + 1 == k) {
return nums[m];
} else if (m + 1 > k) {
return kth(nums, left, m - 1, k);
} else {
return kth(nums, m + 1, right, k);
}
}
};
Java
public class Solution {
/**
* @param nums: A list of integers.
* @return: An integer denotes the middle number of the array.
*/
public int median(int[] nums) {
if (nums == null || nums.length == 0) return -1;
return kth(nums, 0, nums.length - 1, (nums.length + 1) / 2);
}
private int kth(int[] nums, int left, int right, int k) {
// if (left >= right) return nums[right];
int m = left;
for (int i = left + 1; i <= right; i++) {
if (nums[i] < nums[left]) {
m++;
swap(nums, i, m);
}
}
// put pivot in the mid position
swap(nums, left, m);
if (k == m + 1) {
return nums[m];
} else if (k > m + 1) {
return kth(nums, m + 1, right, k);
} else {
return kth(nums, left, m - 1, k);
}
}
private void swap(int[] nums, int i, int j) {
int temp = nums[i];
nums[i] = nums[j];
nums[j] = temp;
}
}
源码分析
以题目中给出的样例进行分析,k 传入的值可为(len(nums) + 1) / 2
, 由于在 kth 入口处 left >= right 之前已经找到解,无需判断。
复杂度分析
和快排类似,这里也有最好情况与最坏情况,平均情况下,索引m
每次都处于中央位置,即每次递归后需要遍历的数组元素个数减半,故总的时间复杂度为 O(n (1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + …)) = O(2n), 最坏情况下为平方。使用了临时变量,空间复杂度为 O(1), 满足题目要求。