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1846. Maximum Element After Decreasing and Rearranging

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1846. Maximum Element After Decreasing and Rearranging

Medium


You are given an array of positive integers arr. Perform some operations (possibly none) on arr so that it satisfies these conditions:

There are 2 types of operations that you can perform any number of times:

Return the maximum possible value of an element in arr after performing the operations to satisfy the conditions.

 

Example 1:

Input: arr = [2,2,1,2,1]
Output: 2
Explanation: 
We can satisfy the conditions by rearranging arr so it becomes [1,2,2,2,1].
The largest element in arr is 2.

Example 2:

Input: arr = [100,1,1000]
Output: 3
Explanation: 
One possible way to satisfy the conditions is by doing the following:
1. Rearrange arr so it becomes [1,100,1000].
2. Decrease the value of the second element to 2.
3. Decrease the value of the third element to 3.
Now arr = [1,2,3], which satisfies the conditions.
The largest element in arr is 3.

Example 3:

Input: arr = [1,2,3,4,5]
Output: 5
Explanation: The array already satisfies the conditions, and the largest element is 5.

 

Constraints:

Java

Source file
class Solution {
    public int maximumElementAfterDecrementingAndRearranging(int[] arr) {
        Arrays.sort(arr);
        arr[0] = 1;
        int prev = 1, n = arr.length;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            if (arr[i] - prev >= 1)
                ++prev;
        return prev;
    }
}