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2563. Count the Number of Fair Pairs

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Problem Statement

2563. Count the Number of Fair Pairs

Medium


Given a 0-indexed integer array nums of size n and two integers lower and upper, return the number of fair pairs.

A pair (i, j) is fair if:

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [0,1,7,4,4,5], lower = 3, upper = 6
Output: 6
Explanation: There are 6 fair pairs: (0,3), (0,4), (0,5), (1,3), (1,4), and (1,5).

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,7,9,2,5], lower = 11, upper = 11
Output: 1
Explanation: There is a single fair pair: (2,3).

 

Constraints:

Java โ€” binary search basic

Source file
class Solution {

    public long countFairPairs(int[] nums, int lower, int upper) {
        Arrays.sort(nums);
        return lower_bound(nums, upper + 1) - lower_bound(nums, lower);
    }

    // Calculate the number of pairs with sum less than `value`.
    private long lower_bound(int[] nums, int value) {
        int left = 0, right = nums.length - 1;
        long result = 0;
        while (left < right) {
            int sum = nums[left] + nums[right];
            // If sum is less than value, add the size of window to result and move to the
            // next index.
            if (sum < value) {
                result += (right - left);
                left++;
            } else {
                // Otherwise, shift the right pointer backwards, until we get a valid window.
                right--;
            }
        }

        return result;
    }
}