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Standing Out from the Herd

USACO · 2017 · December · platinum-1

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Standing Out from the Herd: sorting walkthrough

Standing Out from the Herd: use the linked editorial?s sorting, strings idea on the published sample, then verify the displayed output.

Published input3 amy tommy bessiemodelAlgorithm ideaSort by the task-relevant key so the ordering exposes candidates that can be checked locally.task resultExpected output3 11 19
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    Order

    Sort items by the comparison key used by the task.
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    Scan

    Inspect the ordered neighbors or groups and update the candidate result.
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    Finish

    Use the final aggregate or selected item as the answer.
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    Verify the sample

    Use the published sample output to check the result of this idea on the displayed input.
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