HackerRank Minimum Time Required problem solution

In this HackerRank Minimum Time Required Interview preparation kit problem you need to complete the minimumTimefunction.

Problem solution in Python programming.

#!/bin/python3

import math
import os
import random
import re
import sys

# Complete the minTime function below.
def minTime(machines, goal):
    machines, count = sorted(machines), len(machines)
    min_day = math.ceil(goal / count) * machines[0]
    max_day = math.ceil(goal / count) * machines[-1]

    while min_day < max_day:
        day = (max_day + min_day) // 2
        day_sum = sum(day // m for m in machines)

        if day_sum >= goal:
            max_day = day
        else:
            min_day = day + 1

    return min_day

if __name__ == '__main__':
    fptr = open(os.environ['OUTPUT_PATH'], 'w')

    nGoal = input().split()

    n = int(nGoal[0])

    goal = int(nGoal[1])

    machines = list(map(int, input().rstrip().split()))

    ans = minTime(machines, goal)

    fptr.write(str(ans) + 'n')

    fptr.close() 

Problem solution in Java Programming.

import java.io.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.security.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.concurrent.*;
import java.util.regex.*;

public class Solution {

   static long minTime(long[] machines, long goal) {

        Arrays.sort(machines); //sort the machine array
        long max = (machines[machines.length - 1]) * goal;
        long min = 0;
        long result = -1;
        //do a binary tree search
        while(max > min){
            long midValue = (max + min) / 2;
            long unit = 0;
            for(long machine : machines){
                unit += midValue / machine;
            } 

            if(unit < goal) {
                min = midValue + 1;
                result = midValue + 1;
            } else  {
                max = midValue;
                result = midValue; 
            } 


        }

        return result;


    }

    private static final Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(System.getenv("OUTPUT_PATH")));

        String[] nGoal = scanner.nextLine().split(" ");

        int n = Integer.parseInt(nGoal[0]);

        long goal = Long.parseLong(nGoal[1]);

        long[] machines = new long[n];

        String[] machinesItems = scanner.nextLine().split(" ");
        scanner.skip("(rn|[nru2028u2029u0085])?");

        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            long machinesItem = Long.parseLong(machinesItems[i]);
            machines[i] = machinesItem;
        }

        long ans = minTime(machines, goal);

        bufferedWriter.write(String.valueOf(ans));
        bufferedWriter.newLine();

        bufferedWriter.close();

        scanner.close();
    }
}

Problem solution in C++ programming.

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

vector<string> split_string(string);

// Complete the minTime function below.
long minTime(vector<long> machines, long goal) {
    sort(machines.begin(),machines.end());
    long max = machines[machines.size()-1];
    long min = machines[0];
    long upper = (max * goal)/machines.size();
    long lower = (min * goal)/machines.size();
    long dia; 
    long produccion;
    while(upper>lower){
        dia = (upper + lower)/2;
        produccion = 0;
         for(long i = 0;i<machines.size();i++){  
           produccion+=dia/machines[i];
            
        }
         
         if(goal<= produccion){
             upper = dia;
         }else{
             lower= dia +1; 
         }
       
    }
    return lower;
    
}

int main()
{
    ofstream fout(getenv("OUTPUT_PATH"));

    string nGoal_temp;
    getline(cin, nGoal_temp);

    vector<string> nGoal = split_string(nGoal_temp);

    int n = stoi(nGoal[0]);

    long goal = stol(nGoal[1]);

    string machines_temp_temp;
    getline(cin, machines_temp_temp);

    vector<string> machines_temp = split_string(machines_temp_temp);

    vector<long> machines(n);

    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        long machines_item = stol(machines_temp[i]);

        machines[i] = machines_item;
    }

    long ans = minTime(machines, goal);

    fout << ans << "n";

    fout.close();

    return 0;
}

vector<string> split_string(string input_string) {
    string::iterator new_end = unique(input_string.begin(), input_string.end(), [] (const char &x, const char &y) {
        return x == y and x == ' ';
    });

    input_string.erase(new_end, input_string.end());

    while (input_string[input_string.length() - 1] == ' ') {
        input_string.pop_back();
    }

    vector<string> splits;
    char delimiter = ' ';

    size_t i = 0;
    size_t pos = input_string.find(delimiter);

    while (pos != string::npos) {
        splits.push_back(input_string.substr(i, pos - i));

        i = pos + 1;
        pos = input_string.find(delimiter, i);
    }

    splits.push_back(input_string.substr(i, min(pos, input_string.length()) - i + 1));

    return splits;
}