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HackerEarth Company mergers problem solution

YASH PAL, 31 July 202413 February 2026
In this HackerEarth Company mergers problem solution, Several car companies exist in such a way that each company can control a large share of sales in different markets. You are required to perform a simulation that modifies the results after any mergers that happen between these companies.
 
Your task is to determine the minimum number of mergers that must be performed between the car companies to ensure that a market is controlled by no more than two separate companies.
 
 
HackerEarth Company mergers problem solution

 

 
 

HackerEarth Company mergers problem solution.

#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;

#define lli long long int

void computeFreq(vector<vector<int> > market, int freq[][5]) {
int marketSize = market.size(), companies, i, j, k;

for(i=0; i<marketSize; i++) {
companies = market[i].size();
if(companies > 2)
for(j = 0; j < companies-1; j++)
for(k = j+1; k < companies; k++) {
freq[min(market[i][j],market[i][k])][max(market[i][j],market[i][k])] ++;
}

}

}

int minimumMergers(vector<vector<int> > companyDetails, int n, int m, int marketCount) {
int ans = 0, i, j, k;

vector<vector<int> > market(marketCount);
for(i=0; i<n; i++)
for(j=0; j<m; j++)
market[companyDetails[i][j]].push_back(i);

int marketSize = market.size(), companies;

for(i=0; i<marketSize; i++) {
companies = market[i].size();

while(companies > 2) {
int freq[5][5] = {0}, p, q, x, y;
computeFreq(market, freq);
int maxm = -1;

for(j = 0; j < companies-1; j++)
for(k = j+1; k < companies; k++) {
x = min(market[i][j], market[i][k]);
y = max(market[i][j], market[i][k]);
if(freq[x][y] > maxm) {
maxm = freq[x][y];
p = x;
q = y;
}

}

market[i].erase(find(market[i].begin(), market[i].end(), q));

for(j= i+1; j<marketSize; j++) {
vector<int>::iterator it = find(market[j].begin(), market[j].end(), q);
if(it != market[j].end()) {
market[j].erase(it);
if(find(market[j].begin(), market[j].end(), p) == market[j].end())
market[j].push_back(p);
}
}

companies--;
ans++;
}
}

return ans;
}


int main() {
/* Enter your code here. Read input from STDIN. Print output to STDOUT */
int n, m, i, j, marketCount;
vector<vector<int> > companyDetails;
vector<lli> ids;
cin>>n>>m;

for(i=0; i<n; i++) {
vector<int> v;
lli r;

for(j=0; j<m; j++) {
cin>>r;
vector<lli>::iterator it = find(ids.begin(), ids.end(), r);
marketCount = it-ids.begin();
if(it == ids.end())
ids.push_back(r);
v.push_back(marketCount);
}
companyDetails.push_back(v);
}

cout<<minimumMergers(companyDetails, n, m, ids.size())<<"n";
return 0;
}
 
 
 
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