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This is one of the great example for topological sorting.

1 -->3 -->5

1-->3 -->9

9-->5

After topological sorting 1->3->9->5

- Nagendra July 14, 2019 | Flag Reply
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vector<int> GetOverallArray(const vector<vector<int>>& A)
{
	vector<int> result;
	multimap<int, pair<vector<int>::const_iterator, vector<int>::const_iterator>> itr_tail;

	for (const auto& arr : A)
	{
		itr_tail.emplace(arr.front(), make_pair(arr.cbegin(), arr.cend()));
	}

	while (true)
	{
		bool not_process = false;
		auto prev_it = itr_tail.begin();
		if (itr_tail.size() <= 1)
			break;
		if (prev_it != itr_tail.end())
		{
			int cur_val = prev_it->first;
			int count = 0;
			for (auto it = next(prev_it); it != itr_tail.end(); ++it)
			{
				if (cur_val == it->first)
				{
					not_process = true;
					count++;
					auto next_it = next(prev_it->second.first);
					if (next_it != prev_it->second.second)
					{
						itr_tail.emplace(*next_it, make_pair(next_it, prev_it->second.second));
					}
					itr_tail.erase(prev_it);
				}
				else
				{
					if (count > 0)
					{
						auto next_it = next(prev_it->second.first);
						if (next_it != prev_it->second.second)
						{
							itr_tail.emplace(*next_it, make_pair(next_it, prev_it->second.second));
						}
						itr_tail.erase(prev_it);

						result.emplace_back(cur_val);
					}
					count = 0;
					cur_val = it->first;
				}

				prev_it = it;
			}

			if (count > 0)
			{
				auto next_it = next(prev_it->second.first);
				if (next_it != prev_it->second.second)
				{
					itr_tail.emplace(*next_it, make_pair(next_it, prev_it->second.second));
				}
				itr_tail.erase(prev_it);
				result.emplace_back(cur_val);
			}

			if (!not_process)
			{
				prev_it = itr_tail.begin();
				if (prev_it != itr_tail.end())
				{
					auto next_it = next(prev_it->second.first);
					if (next_it != prev_it->second.second)
					{
						itr_tail.emplace(*next_it, make_pair(next_it, prev_it->second.second));
					}
					itr_tail.erase(prev_it);
				}
			}
		}

	}

	return result;
}

int main()
{
	vector<vector<int>> A;
	A.emplace_back(vector<int>{1,3,5});
	A.emplace_back(vector<int>{1, 3, 9});
	A.emplace_back(vector<int>{9, 5});

	vector<int> ret = GetOverallArray(A);

    return 0;
}

- LANorth July 06, 2019 | Flag Reply
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int[] array = ...
Integer[] boxedArray = IntStream.of(array).boxed().toArray(Integer[]::new);
Set<Integer> set = IntStream.of(array).boxed().collect(Collectors.toSet());
//or if you need a HashSet specifically
HashSet<Integer> hashset = IntStream.of(array).boxed()
    .collect(Collectors.toCollection(HashSet::new));

- Anonymous October 20, 2019 | Flag Reply
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package T15;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class T15 {

	private static ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> input = new ArrayList<>();
	private static ArrayList<Integer> result = new ArrayList<>();

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		init();
		process();

		System.out.println(result);
	}

	private static void process() {

		ArrayList<Integer> getInner1 = new ArrayList<>();
		ArrayList<Integer> getInner2 = new ArrayList<>();

		for (int i = 0; i < input.size(); i++) {
			getInner1 = input.get(i);
			for (int j = i + 1; j < input.size(); j++) {
				getInner2 = input.get(j);

				compare(getInner1, getInner2);
			}
		}
	}

	private static void compare(ArrayList<Integer> g1, ArrayList<Integer> g2) {
		for (int t : g1) {
			compare2(t, g2);
		}
	}

	private static void compare2(int t, ArrayList<Integer> g) {
		for (int i = 0; i < g.size(); i++) {
			if (t == g.get(i))
				result.add(g.get(i));
		}
	}

	private static void init() {
		ArrayList<Integer> inner = new ArrayList<>();

		inner.add(1);
		inner.add(3);
		inner.add(5);
		input.add(inner);

		inner = new ArrayList<>();

		inner.add(1);
		inner.add(3);
		inner.add(9);
		input.add(inner);

		inner = new ArrayList<>();

		inner.add(9);
		inner.add(5);
		input.add(inner);

	}

}

- mannerh1 May 19, 2020 | Flag Reply
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The problem should be:
"given a bunch of arrays having all unique elements. Find out the shortest common super sequence of em."

This can be solved using topological sorting.

If we don't include the shortest common super sequence then the answer to this will simply be the concatenation of the arrays. If elements are not unique then the answer ll be closely related to LCS of n strings, which is very inefficient.

- Rajat.nitp July 03, 2020 | Flag Reply


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