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1885. Count Pairs in Two Arrays

Level

Medium

Description

Given two integer arrays nums1 and nums2 of length n, count the pairs of indices (i, j) such that i < j and nums1[i] + nums1[j] > nums2[i] + nums2[j].

Return the number of pairs satisfying the condition.

Example 1:

Input: nums1 = [2,1,2,1], nums2 = [1,2,1,2]

Output: 1

Explanation: The pairs satisfying the condition are:

• (0, 2) where 2 + 2 > 1 + 1.

Example 2:

Input: nums1 = [1,10,6,2], nums2 = [1,4,1,5]

Output: 5

Explanation: The pairs satisfying the condition are:

• (0, 1) where 1 + 10 > 1 + 4.
• (0, 2) where 1 + 6 > 1 + 1.
• (1, 2) where 10 + 6 > 4 + 1.
• (1, 3) where 10 + 2 > 4 + 5.
• (2, 3) where 6 + 2 > 1 + 5.

Constraints:

• n == nums1.length == nums2.length
• 1 <= n <= 10^5
• 1 <= nums1[i], nums2[i] <= 10^5

Solution

Create an array differences with length n such that differences[i] = nums1[i] - nums2[i] for all 0 <= i < n. Sort differences. For each 0 <= i < n - 1, find the minimum index such that differences[index] + differences[i] > 0, or index = n if differences[n - 1] + differences[i] <= 0, and the number of j’s for the current i is n - index. In this way, the number of pairs of indices (i, j) can be calculated.

class Solution {
    public long countPairs(int[] nums1, int[] nums2) {
        long count = 0;
        int n = nums1.length;
        int[] differences = new int[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            differences[i] = nums1[i] - nums2[i];
        Arrays.sort(differences);
        for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
            int target = -differences[i] + 1;
            int index = binarySearch(differences, n, target, i + 1);
            count += n - index;
        }
        return count;
    }

    public int binarySearch(int[] differences, int n, int target, int startIndex) {
        int low = startIndex, high = n - 1;
        if (differences[high] < target)
            return n;
        while (low < high) {
            int mid = (high - low) / 2 + low;
            if (differences[mid] < target)
                low = mid + 1;
            else
                high = mid;
        }
        return low;
    }
}

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