458_Poor_Pigs

Author: Qiyuan Gong

README.md

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 | 443 | [String Compression](https://leetcode.com/problems/string-compression/description/) | [Python](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/python/443_String_Compression.py) [Java](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/java/443_String_Compression.java) | Maintain curr, read, write and anchor (start of this char). |
 | 448 | [Find All Numbers Disappeared in an Array](https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-numbers-disappeared-in-an-array/) | [Python](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/python/448_Find_All_Numbers_Disappeared_in_an_Array.py) [Java](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/java/448_Find_All_Numbers_Disappeared_in_an_Array.java) | Value (1, n) and index (0, n-1). Mark every value postion as negative. Then, the remain index with positive values are result. O(n)|
 | 453 | [Number of Segments in a String](https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-moves-to-equal-array-elements/description/) | [Python](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/python/453_Minimum_Moves_to_Equal_Array_Elements.py) [Java](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/java/453_Minimum_Moves_to_Equal_Array_Elements.java) | Each move is equal to minus one element in array, so the answer is the sum of all elements after minus min. |
+| 458 | [Poor Pigs](https://leetcode.com/problems/poor-pigs/) | [Python](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/python/458_Poor_Pigs.py) [Java](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/java/458_Poor_Pigs.java) | [2 pigs for 5 * 5 metric](https://leetcode.com/problems/poor-pigs/discuss/94266/Another-explanation-and-solution) |
 | 461 | [Hamming Distance](https://leetcode.com/problems/hamming-distance/) | [Python](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/python/461_Hamming_Distance.py) [Java](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/java/461_Hamming_Distance.java) | Hamming Distance is related to XOR for numbers. So, XOR then count 1. O(n) |
 | 463 | [Island Perimeter](https://leetcode.com/problems/island-perimeter/) | [Python](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/python/463_Island_Perimeter.py) [Java](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/java/463_Island_Perimeter.java) | math, find the area, actual number, then find the digit |
 | 475 | [Heaters](https://leetcode.com/problems/heaters/) | [Python](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/python/475_Heaters.py) [Java](https://github.com/qiyuangong/leetcode/blob/master/java/475_Heaters.java) | 1. Binary search hourse in heater array, O(nlogn) and O(1)<br> 2. Two points, O(nlogn) and O(1) |

java/458_Poor_Pigs.java

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+class Solution {
+    public int poorPigs(int buckets, int minutesToDie, int minutesToTest) {
+        int n = minutesToTest / minutesToDie + 1;
+        int pigs = 0;
+        while (Math.pow(n, pigs) < buckets) pigs++;
+        return pigs; 
+    }
+}

python/458_Poor_Pigs.py

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+class Solution(object):
+    def poorPigs(self, buckets, minutesToDie, minutesToTest):
+        """
+        :type buckets: int
+        :type minutesToDie: int
+        :type minutesToTest: int
+        :rtype: int
+        """
+        # https://leetcode.com/problems/poor-pigs/discuss/94266/Another-explanation-and-solution
+        pigs = 0
+        while (minutesToTest / minutesToDie + 1) ** pigs < buckets:
+            pigs += 1
+        return pigs