2875. Minimum Size Subarray in Infinite Array

Description

You are given a 0-indexed array nums and an integer target.

A 0-indexed array infinite_nums is generated by infinitely appending the elements of nums to itself.

Return the length of the shortest subarray of the array infinite_nums with a sum equal to target. If there is no such subarray return -1.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,2,3], target = 5
Output: 2
Explanation: In this example infinite_nums = [1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,...].
The subarray in the range [1,2], has the sum equal to target = 5 and length = 2.
It can be proven that 2 is the shortest length of a subarray with sum equal to target = 5.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,1,1,2,3], target = 4
Output: 2
Explanation: In this example infinite_nums = [1,1,1,2,3,1,1,1,2,3,1,1,...].
The subarray in the range [4,5], has the sum equal to target = 4 and length = 2.
It can be proven that 2 is the shortest length of a subarray with sum equal to target = 4.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [2,4,6,8], target = 3
Output: -1
Explanation: In this example infinite_nums = [2,4,6,8,2,4,6,8,...].
It can be proven that there is no subarray with sum equal to target = 3.

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 105
  • 1 <= nums[i] <= 105
  • 1 <= target <= 109

Solutions

Solution 1: Prefix Sum + Hash Table

First, we calculate the sum of all elements in the array $nums$, denoted as $s$.

If $target \gt s$, we can reduce $target$ to the range $[0, s)$ by subtracting $\lfloor \frac{target}{s} \rfloor \times s$ from it. Then, the length of the subarray is $a = \lfloor \frac{target}{s} \rfloor \times n$, where $n$ is the length of the array $nums$.

Next, we need to find the shortest subarray in $nums$ whose sum equals $target$, or the shortest subarray whose prefix sum plus suffix sum equals $s - target$. We can use prefix sum and a hash table to find such subarrays.

If we find such a subarray, the final answer is $a + b$. Otherwise, the answer is $-1$.

The time complexity is $O(n)$, and the space complexity is $O(n)$, where n is the length of the array $nums$.

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class Solution:
    def minSizeSubarray(self, nums: List[int], target: int) -> int:
        s = sum(nums)
        n = len(nums)
        a = 0
        if target > s:
            a = n * (target // s)
            target -= target // s * s
        if target == s:
            return n
        pos = {0: -1}
        pre = 0
        b = inf
        for i, x in enumerate(nums):
            pre += x
            if (t := pre - target) in pos:
                b = min(b, i - pos[t])
            if (t := pre - (s - target)) in pos:
                b = min(b, n - (i - pos[t]))
            pos[pre] = i
        return -1 if b == inf else a + b

Java Code
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class Solution {
    public int minSizeSubarray(int[] nums, int target) {
        long s = Arrays.stream(nums).sum();
        int n = nums.length;
        int a = 0;
        if (target > s) {
            a = n * (target / (int) s);
            target -= target / s * s;
        }
        if (target == s) {
            return n;
        }
        Map<Long, Integer> pos = new HashMap<>();
        pos.put(0L, -1);
        long pre = 0;
        int b = 1 << 30;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            pre += nums[i];
            if (pos.containsKey(pre - target)) {
                b = Math.min(b, i - pos.get(pre - target));
            }
            if (pos.containsKey(pre - (s - target))) {
                b = Math.min(b, n - (i - pos.get(pre - (s - target))));
            }
            pos.put(pre, i);
        }
        return b == 1 << 30 ? -1 : a + b;
    }
}

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class Solution {
public:
    int minSizeSubarray(vector<int>& nums, int target) {
        long long s = accumulate(nums.begin(), nums.end(), 0LL);
        int n = nums.size();
        int a = 0;
        if (target > s) {
            a = n * (target / s);
            target -= target / s * s;
        }
        if (target == s) {
            return n;
        }
        unordered_map<int, int> pos{{0, -1}};
        long long pre = 0;
        int b = 1 << 30;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            pre += nums[i];
            if (pos.count(pre - target)) {
                b = min(b, i - pos[pre - target]);
            }
            if (pos.count(pre - (s - target))) {
                b = min(b, n - (i - pos[pre - (s - target)]));
            }
            pos[pre] = i;
        }
        return b == 1 << 30 ? -1 : a + b;
    }
};

Go Code
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func minSizeSubarray(nums []int, target int) int {
	s := 0
	for _, x := range nums {
		s += x
	}
	n := len(nums)
	a := 0
	if target > s {
		a = n * (target / s)
		target -= target / s * s
	}
	if target == s {
		return n
	}
	pos := map[int]int{0: -1}
	pre := 0
	b := 1 << 30
	for i, x := range nums {
		pre += x
		if j, ok := pos[pre-target]; ok {
			b = min(b, i-j)
		}
		if j, ok := pos[pre-(s-target)]; ok {
			b = min(b, n-(i-j))
		}
		pos[pre] = i
	}
	if b == 1<<30 {
		return -1
	}
	return a + b
}

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function minSizeSubarray(nums: number[], target: number): number {
    const s = nums.reduce((a, b) => a + b);
    const n = nums.length;
    let a = 0;
    if (target > s) {
        a = n * ((target / s) | 0);
        target -= ((target / s) | 0) * s;
    }
    if (target === s) {
        return n;
    }
    const pos: Map<number, number> = new Map();
    let pre = 0;
    pos.set(0, -1);
    let b = Infinity;
    for (let i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        pre += nums[i];
        if (pos.has(pre - target)) {
            b = Math.min(b, i - pos.get(pre - target)!);
        }
        if (pos.has(pre - (s - target))) {
            b = Math.min(b, n - (i - pos.get(pre - (s - target))!));
        }
        pos.set(pre, i);
    }
    return b === Infinity ? -1 : a + b;
}

Solution 2

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class Solution {
    public int shortestSubarray(int[] nums, int k) {
        int n = nums.length;

        int minLength = n * 2 + 1;
        int l = 0;
        int sum = 0;

        for (int r = 0; r < n * 2; r++) {
            int start = l % n;
            int end = r % n;
            sum += nums[end];

            while (sum > k && l <= r) {
                start = l % n;
                sum -= nums[start];
                l++;
            }

            if (sum == k) {
                minLength = Math.min(minLength, r - l + 1);
                start = l % n;
                sum -= nums[start];
                l++;
            }
        }

        return minLength == n * 2 + 1 ? -1 : minLength;
    }
    public int minSizeSubarray(int[] nums, int target) {
        int n = nums.length;
        int sum = 0;

        for (int num : nums) {
            sum += num;
        }
        int k = target % sum;
        int ans = target / sum * n;
        if (k == 0) {
            return ans;
        }
        int res = shortestSubarray(nums, k);
        return res == -1 ? -1 : ans + res;
    }
}