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1046 Last Stone Weight
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We have a collection of stones, each stone has a positive integer weight.
Each turn, we choose the two heaviest stones and smash them together. Suppose the stones have weights x and y with x <= y. The result of this smash is:
If x == y, both stones are totally destroyed;
If x != y, the stone of weight x is totally destroyed, and the stone of weight y has new weight y-x.
At the end, there is at most 1 stone left. Return the weight of this stone (or 0 if there are no stones left.)
Example 1:
Input: [2,7,4,1,8,1]
Output: 1
Explanation:
We combine 7 and 8 to get 1 so the array converts to [2,4,1,1,1] then,
we combine 2 and 4 to get 2 so the array converts to [2,1,1,1] then,
we combine 2 and 1 to get 1 so the array converts to [1,1,1] then,
we combine 1 and 1 to get 0 so the array converts to [1] then that's the value of last stone.
public int lastStoneWeight(int[] stones) {
PriorityQueue<Integer> maxHeap = new PriorityQueue(Collections.reverseOrder());
for(int i=0;i<stones.length;i++){
maxHeap.add(stones[i]);
}
while(maxHeap.size()>1){
int last = maxHeap.poll();
int last2 = maxHeap.poll();
if(last!=last2){
int newStone = last-last2;
maxHeap.add(newStone);
}
}
if(maxHeap.isEmpty())return 0;
else return maxHeap.poll();
}