題目描述:
Shuffle a set of numbers without duplicates.
Example:
// Init an array with set 1, 2, and 3.
int[] nums = {1,2,3};
Solution solution = new Solution(nums);
// Shuffle the array [1,2,3] and return its result. Any permutation of [1,2,3] must equally likely to be returned.
solution.shuffle();
// Resets the array back to its original configuration [1,2,3].
solution.reset();
// Returns the random shuffling of array [1,2,3].
solution.shuffle();
解題思路:
每次往后讀取數組的時候,當讀到第i個的時候以1/i的概率隨機替換1~i中的任何一個數,這樣保證最后每個數字出現在每個位置上的概率都是相等的。
證明:
設x元素在第m次的時候出現在位置i的概率是1/m,那么在第m+1次的時候,x仍然待在位置i的概率是 1/m * m/(m+1) = 1/(m+1)
代碼描述:
public class Solution {
private int[] nums = null;
private Random random = null;
public Solution(int[] nums) {
this.nums = nums;
random = new Random();
}
/** Resets the array to its original configuration and return it. */
public int[] reset() {
return nums;
}
/** Returns a random shuffling of the array. */
public int[] shuffle() {
if(nums == null) return null;
int[] a = (int[])nums.clone();
for(int i = 1; i < nums.length; i++){
int j = random.nextInt(i + 1);
swap(a, i, j);
}
return a;
}
private void swap(int[] a, int i, int j){
int temp = a[i];
a[i] = a[j];
a[j] = temp;
}
}
/**
* Your Solution object will be instantiated and called as such:
* Solution obj = new Solution(nums);
* int[] param_1 = obj.reset();
* int[] param_2 = obj.shuffle();
*/
