From 9adbbe13c4585e63ee00bad6e4a392518555b1d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanya Sreenagesh <tanyasreenagesh@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 14:26:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] submission

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 FindDisappearedNumbers.py       | 27 +++++++++++++++++
 FindMaxMinWithMinComparisons.py | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 GameOfLife.py                   | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 124 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 FindDisappearedNumbers.py
 create mode 100644 FindMaxMinWithMinComparisons.py
 create mode 100644 GameOfLife.py

diff --git a/FindDisappearedNumbers.py b/FindDisappearedNumbers.py
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+# Time Complexity : O(n)
+# Space Complexity : O(1)
+# Did this code successfully run on Leetcode : Yes
+# Any problem you faced while coding this : No
+
+'''
+Mark seen indices by negating values. 
+Return indices with positive values as missing numbers.
+'''
+class Solution:
+    def findDisappearedNumbers(self, nums: List[int]) -> List[int]:
+        missing = []
+
+        # Set idx to negative if we have seen element (idx+1)  
+        for i in range(len(nums)):
+            idx = abs(nums[i])-1
+            if nums[idx] > 0:
+                nums[idx] *= -1
+            
+        # Check which indices are still positive = missing elements
+        for i in range(len(nums)):
+            if nums[i] > 0:
+                missing.append(i+1)
+            else:
+                nums[i] *= -1
+        
+        return missing
diff --git a/FindMaxMinWithMinComparisons.py b/FindMaxMinWithMinComparisons.py
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+++ b/FindMaxMinWithMinComparisons.py
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+from typing import List
+import math
+
+# Time Complexity : O(n)
+# Space Complexity : O(1)
+# Did this code successfully run on Leetcode : Yes
+# Any problem you faced while coding this : No
+
+'''
+Problem:
+Given an array of numbers of length N, find both the minimum and maximum. 
+Follow up : Can you do it using less than 2 * (N - 2) comparisons?
+'''
+
+'''
+Iterate in pairs instead of going 1 by 1.
+'''
+def findMaxMin(nums: List[int]) -> (int, int):
+    i = 0
+    maxVal = float('-inf')
+    minVal = float('inf')
+
+    # Check if next element is available
+    while i+1 < len(nums):
+        maxVal = max(maxVal, max(nums[i], nums[i+1]))
+        minVal = min(minVal, min(nums[i], nums[i+1]))
+
+        i+=2
+
+    if i < len(nums):
+        maxVal = max(maxVal, nums[i])
+        minVal = min(minVal, nums[i])
+
+    return minVal, maxVal
+
+# Test
+a1 = [3,1,5,2,8,9,4,3,23]
+a2  [1]
+a3 = []
+a4 = [3,3,3]
+print(a1, findMaxMin(a1))
+print(a2, findMaxMin(a2))
+print(a3, findMaxMin(a3))
+print(a4, findMaxMin(a4))
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diff --git a/GameOfLife.py b/GameOfLife.py
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+# Time Complexity : O(m*n) where m is number of rows and n is number of colums in the board.
+# Space Complexity : O(1)
+# Did this code successfully run on Leetcode : Yes
+# Any problem you faced while coding this : No
+
+'''
+Iterate over the board, keeping flags for when element goes from live to dead OR dead to live.
+Iterate again, setting it back to current state: dead 0 or alive 1.
+'''
+class Solution:
+    def gameOfLife(self, board: List[List[int]]) -> None:
+        """
+        Do not return anything, modify board in-place instead.
+        """
+        for i in range(len(board)):
+            for j in range(len(board[0])):
+                liveCount = self.countLiveNeighbors(board, i, j)
+                print(1, j, liveCount)
+
+                if board[i][j] == 1 or board[i][j] == 2:
+                    if liveCount < 2 or liveCount > 3:
+                        board[i][j] = 2
+
+                if board[i][j] == 0 or board[i][j] == 3:
+                    if liveCount == 3:
+                        board[i][j] = 3
+
+        for i in range(len(board)):
+            for j in range(len(board[0])):
+                if board[i][j] == 2:
+                    board[i][j] = 0
+                if board[i][j] == 3:
+                    board[i][j] = 1
+
+    def countLiveNeighbors(self, board: List[List[int]], i: int, j: int) -> int:
+        #       top,  t-right, right, b-right, bottom, b-left, left, t-left
+        dirs = [(-1,0), (-1,1), (0,1), (1,1), (1,0), (1,-1), (0,-1), (-1,-1)]
+
+        m = len(board)
+        n = len(board[0])
+
+        live = 0
+
+        for offset in dirs:
+            n_i = offset[0]+i 
+            n_j = offset[1]+j 
+            if n_i < m and n_i >= 0 and n_j < n and n_j >= 0:
+                if board[n_i][n_j] == 1 or board[n_i][n_j] == 2:
+                    live += 1
+
+        return live
+        
+        
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