Merge pull request #188 from PadmeshSharma/patch-2

Create Book Allocation Problem.cpp
panditakshay402 · Oct 22, 2023 · 69c69a8 · 69c69a8
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diff --git a/C++/Book Allocation Problem.cpp b/C++/Book Allocation Problem.cpp
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+#include<vector>
+using namespace std;
+
+bool isPossible(vector<int> arr, int n, int m, int mid) {
+    int studentCount = 1;
+    int pageSum = 0;
+    //cout << "checking for mid "<< mid <<endl;
+
+    for(int i = 0; i<n; i++) {
+        if(pageSum + arr[i] <= mid) {
+            pageSum += arr[i];
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            studentCount++;
+            if(studentCount > m || arr[i] > mid ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+            pageSum = arr[i];
+        }
+        if(studentCount > m) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        //cout << " for i " << i << " Student "<< studentCount << " pageSum " << pageSum << endl;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+int allocateBooks(vector<int> arr, int n, int m) {
+    int s = 0;
+    int sum = 0;
+
+    for(int i = 0; i<n; i++) {
+        sum += arr[i];
+    }
+    int e = sum;
+    int ans = -1;
+    int mid = s + (e-s)/2;
+
+    while(s<=e)
+    {
+        if(isPossible(arr,n,m,mid)) {
+            //cout<<" Mid returned TRUE" << endl;
+            ans = mid;
+            e = mid - 1;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            s = mid + 1;
+        }
+        mid = s + (e-s)/2;
+    }
+    return ans;
+}