[LeetCode] Jump Game 解题报告

Given an array of non-negative integers, you are initially positioned at the first index of the array.

Each element in the array represents your maximum jump length at that position.

Determine if you are able to reach the last index.

For example:
A = [2,3,1,1,4], return true.

A = [3,2,1,0,4], return false.

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[解题报告]
一维DP，定义 jump[i]为从index 0 走到第i步时，剩余的最大步数。

那么转移方程可定义为

 jump[i] = max(jump[i-1], A[i-1]) -1, i!=0  
         = 0 , i==0  

然后从左往右扫描，当jump[i]<0的时候，意味着不可能走到i步，所以return false; 如果走到最右端，那么return true.

[Code]

1:  bool canJump(int A[], int n) {  
2:      // Start typing your C/C++ solution below  
3:      // DO NOT write int main() function  
4:      int* jump = new int[n];  
5:      jump[0] = 0;  
6:      for(int i=1; i < n; i++)  
7:      {  
8:        jump[i] = max(jump[i-1], A[i-1]) -1;  
9:        if(jump[i] <0)  
10:          return false;;  
11:      }  
12:      return jump[n-1] >=0;  
13:    }  

Update, 3/14/2013
Just one round DP. No need an array to track the status. Refactor the code.

1:       bool canJump(int A[], int n) {  
2:            int maxCover = 0;  
3:            for(int start =0; start<= maxCover && start<n; start++)  
4:            {  
5:                 if(A[start]+start > maxCover)  
6:                      maxCover = A[start]+start;  
7:                 if(maxCover >= n-1) return true;  
8:            }  
9:            return false;  
10:       }