Leetcode Problem 2234. Maximum Total Beauty of the Gardens

2234. Maximum Total Beauty of the Gardens

Leetcode Solutions

Prefix Sum + Binary Search

  1. Sort the flowers array in ascending order.
  2. Calculate the prefix sum array preDif to store the cost of making gardens complete.
  3. Initialize variables to keep track of the number of complete gardens and the maximum beauty.
  4. Iterate over the number of complete gardens from the maximum possible down to the minimum possible.
  5. For each number of complete gardens, use binary search to find the maximum minimum number of flowers that can be achieved in the incomplete gardens.
  6. Update the maximum beauty if the current configuration yields a higher beauty.
  7. Return the maximum beauty obtained.
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