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You are given an integer array candies, where each candies[i] represents the number of candies the i-th kid has, and an integer extraCandies, denoting the number of extra candies you have.

Return a boolean array result where result[i] is True if, after giving the i-th kid all the extraCandies, they will have the greatest number of candies among all the kids, or False otherwise.

Example

Input: candies = [2, 3, 5, 1, 3], extraCandies = 3
Output: [True, True, True, False, True]
Explanation: 
Kid 1: 2 + 3 = 5, greatest number of candies.
Kid 2: 3 + 3 = 6, greatest number of candies.
Kid 3: 5 + 3 = 8, greatest number of candies.
Kid 4: 1 + 3 = 4, not greatest number of candies.
Kid 5: 3 + 3 = 6, greatest number of candies.

Clarifying Questions

  1. Can the number of candies be negative?
    • No, the number of candies is always a non-negative integer.
  2. What is the maximum length of the candies array?
    • Constraints are generally such that 1 <= candies.length <= 100 and 0 <= candies[i] <= 100.
  3. Are there any constraints on the value of extraCandies?
    • 1 <= extraCandies <= 50.

Strategy

  1. Identify the maximum number of candies one kid currently has.
  2. For each kid, calculate their total number of candies if they received all the extraCandies.
  3. Check if the new total is greater than or equal to the maximum number of candies found in step 1.
  4. Record True if it is, otherwise record False.

Time Complexity

Code

def kids_with_candies(candies, extraCandies):
    max_candies = max(candies)  # Find the maximum number of candies any kid currently has
    result = []
    
    for candy in candies:
        # Check if giving current kid all the extraCandies makes their total >= max_candies
        if candy + extraCandies >= max_candies:
            result.append(True)
        else:
            result.append(False)
    
    return result

# Example usage
candies = [2, 3, 5, 1, 3]
extraCandies = 3
print(kids_with_candies(candies, extraCandies))  # Output: [True, True, True, False, True]

Explanation

  1. First, we determine the maximum number of candies that any kid currently has, which is 5.
  2. For each kid, we check if their candies plus the extraCandies is greater than or equal to 5.
  3. We construct a result list based on this check.

This approach ensures we efficiently determine which kids can have the greatest number of candies by distributing the extra candies.

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