Added 1046-last-stone-weight.c

c/1046-last-stone-weight.c

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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int lastStoneWeight(int *stones, int stonesSize) {
+    while (stonesSize > 1) {
+        // Find indices of the two largest stones
+        int max1 = 0, max2 = 1;
+        if (stones[max2] > stones[max1]) {
+            int temp = max1;
+            max1 = max2;
+            max2 = temp;
+        }
+
+        for (int i = 2; i < stonesSize; i++) {
+            if (stones[i] > stones[max1]) {
+                max2 = max1;
+                max1 = i;
+            } else if (stones[i] > stones[max2]) {
+                max2 = i;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Smash the stones and update the array
+        if (stones[max1] != stones[max2]) {
+            stones[max1] -= stones[max2];
+            stones[max2] = 0;
+        } else {
+            stones[max1] = 0;
+            stones[max2] = 0;
+        }
+
+        // Remove the smashed stones
+        int newSize = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < stonesSize; i++) {
+            if (stones[i] != 0) {
+                stones[newSize++] = stones[i];
+            }
+        }
+        stonesSize = newSize;
+    }
+
+    return (stonesSize == 0) ? 0 : stones[0];
+}
+
+/*
+int extractMax(int* stones, int stonesSize) {
+    int max = stones[0];
+    for (int i = 1; i < stonesSize; i++) {
+        if (stones[i] > max) {
+            max = stones[i];
+        }
+    }
+    for (int i = 0; i < stonesSize; i++) {
+        if (stones[i] == max) {
+            stones[i] = 0;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    return max;
+}
+
+void insert(int* stones, int stonesSize, int value) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < stonesSize; i++) {
+        if (stones[i] == 0) {
+            stones[i] = value;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+int lastStoneWeight(int* stones, int stonesSize) {
+    while (1) {
+        int y = extractMax(stones, stonesSize);
+        int x = extractMax(stones, stonesSize);
+        if (x == 0) {
+            return y;
+        }
+        if (x != y) {
+            insert(stones, stonesSize, y - x);
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+*/