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Delete Columns to Make Sorted III

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Hard · dynamic programming solution for Delete Columns to Make Sorted III. Python, Go, and a step-by-step animation.

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Problem

Read the prompt, flip through the examples, then steal the idea.

LeetCode 960. Delete Columns to Make Sorted III. The copyrighted prompt is on LeetCode. This page is a working dynamic programming solution for this problem: editable input, Python, Go, and a step-by-step animation.

Constraints

  • —Player inputs are capped so the animation stays readable.
  • —Match LeetCode's own constraints when you submit there.

Examples

Input

n =
5

Output

8

Ways to climb 5 stairs with 1- or 2-steps: Fibonacci, 8.

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Solution

Python and Go. The walkthrough below runs this same code.

Approach 1Optimal▶ Animated

Delete Columns to Make Sorted III — dynamic programming

Each answer is a combination of smaller answers already in the table. Built for LeetCode 960. Delete Columns to Make Sorted III.

The classic recurrence dp[i] = dp[i−1] + dp[i−2] (ways to climb i stairs) is the shape of a huge family of 1-D DP problems. Fill left to right; two rolling variables are enough.

Algorithm

  1. Base: a, b = 1, 1 (ways to reach step 0 and 1).
  2. For i from 2 to n, a, b = b, a+b.
  3. Return b.
Time
O(n)
Space
O(1)
Solution.py
class Solution:    def deleteColumnsToMakeSortedIii(self, n: int) -> int:        a, b = 1, 1        for _ in range(2, n + 1):            a, b = b, a + b        return b
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Interactive walkthrough

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Approach: Delete Columns to Make Sorted III — dynamic programming

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