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How often the load crossed the line

mediumpatternsSliding windowArraysJava

Capacity planning counts how many fixed-length stretches of the day carried at least a given amount of work.

windowsOverLimit(load: list<int>, runLength: int, limit: int) → int

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Where you start

int windowsOverLimit(List<Integer> load, int runLength, int limit) {
    
}

Worked examples

CallResult
windowsOverLimit(Main.<Integer>ls(1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 2, 5)3
windowsOverLimit(Main.<Integer>ls(1, 1, 1), 2, 10)0
windowsOverLimit(Main.<Integer>ls(5, 5, 5), 1, 5)3
windowsOverLimit(Main.<Integer>ls(1, 2), 3, 1)0

Hint

Slide one total across the list rather than re-summing each window, and test it at every stop.

Reference solution in Java
int windowsOverLimit(List<Integer> load, int runLength, int limit) {
    if (runLength <= 0 || load.size() < runLength) return 0;
    int window = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < runLength; i++) window += load.get(i);
    int hits = window >= limit ? 1 : 0;
    for (int i = runLength; i < load.size(); i++) {
        window += load.get(i) - load.get(i - runLength);
        if (window >= limit) hits++;
    }
    return hits;
}

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