LeetCode 1051. Height Checker

Description

https://leetcode.com/problems/height-checker/

A school is trying to take an annual photo of all the students. The students are asked to stand in a single file line in non-decreasing order by height. Let this ordering be represented by the integer array expected where expected[i] is the expected height of the ith student in line.

You are given an integer array heights representing the current order that the students are standing in. Each heights[i] is the height of the ith student in line (0-indexed).

Return the number of indices where heights[i] != expected[i].

Example 1:

Input: heights = [1,1,4,2,1,3]
Output: 3
Explanation: 
heights:  [1,1,4,2,1,3]
expected: [1,1,1,2,3,4]
Indices 2, 4, and 5 do not match.

Example 2:

Input: heights = [5,1,2,3,4]
Output: 5
Explanation:
heights:  [5,1,2,3,4]
expected: [1,2,3,4,5]
All indices do not match.

Example 3:

Input: heights = [1,2,3,4,5]
Output: 0
Explanation:
heights:  [1,2,3,4,5]
expected: [1,2,3,4,5]
All indices match.

Constraints:

• 1 <= heights.length <= 100
• 1 <= heights[i] <= 100

Explanation

Sort the list to get the expected list order. Iterate the list and compare the list element with the element in the expected list, if not matched, add the unmatched count.

Python Solution

class Solution:
    def heightChecker(self, heights: List[int]) -> int:
        
        
        expected = sorted(heights)
        
        
        count = 0
        
        for i, (height, expect) in enumerate(zip(heights, expected)):
            
            if height != expect:
                count += 1
        
        
        return count