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1296. Divide Array in Sets of K Consecutive Numbers (Medium)

Given an array of integers nums and a positive integer k, find whether it's possible to divide this array into sets of k consecutive numbers
Return True if its possible otherwise return False.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,2,3,3,4,4,5,6], k = 4
Output: true
Explanation: Array can be divided into [1,2,3,4] and [3,4,5,6].

Example 2:

Input: nums = [3,2,1,2,3,4,3,4,5,9,10,11], k = 3
Output: true
Explanation: Array can be divided into [1,2,3] , [2,3,4] , [3,4,5] and [9,10,11].

Example 3:

Input: nums = [3,3,2,2,1,1], k = 3
Output: true

Example 4:

Input: nums = [1,2,3,4], k = 3
Output: false
Explanation: Each array should be divided in subarrays of size 3.

 

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 10^5
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
• 1 <= k <= nums.length

Related Topics

[Greedy] [Array]

Hints

Hint 1

If the smallest number in the possible-to-split array is V, then numbers V+1, V+2, ... V+k-1 must contain there as well.

Hint 2

You can iteratively find k sets and remove them from array until it becomes empty.

Hint 3

Failure to do so would mean that array is unsplittable.