โ† All problems

1608. Special Array with X Elements Greater Than or Equal X

EasyOpen on LeetCodeProblem statement

Problem Statement

1608. Special Array With X Elements Greater Than or Equal X

Easy


You are given an array nums of non-negative integers. nums is considered special if there exists a number x such that there are exactly x numbers in nums that are greater than or equal to x.

Notice that x does not have to be an element in nums.

Return x if the array is special, otherwise, return -1. It can be proven that if nums is special, the value for x is unique.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [3,5]
Output: 2
Explanation: There are 2 values (3 and 5) that are greater than or equal to 2.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [0,0]
Output: -1
Explanation: No numbers fit the criteria for x.
If x = 0, there should be 0 numbers >= x, but there are 2.
If x = 1, there should be 1 number >= x, but there are 0.
If x = 2, there should be 2 numbers >= x, but there are 0.
x cannot be greater since there are only 2 numbers in nums.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [0,4,3,0,4]
Output: 3
Explanation: There are 3 values that are greater than or equal to 3.

 

Constraints:

Java โ€” nlogn

Source file
class Solution {
    public int specialArray(int[] nums) {
        int n = nums.length;
        Arrays.sort(nums);
        if(n<=nums[0])
            return n;
        for(int i=1; i<n; i++){
            int x = n-i;
            if(x>nums[i-1] && x<=nums[i])
                return x;
        }
        return -1;
    }
}