# Count the Pairs on the Floor ## Task 1: Reverse Pairs **Submitted by: Mohammad S Anwar** --- You are given an array of integers. Write a script to return the number of reverse pairs in the given array. A reverse pair is a pair `(i, j)` where: a) `0 <= i < j < nums.length` and b) `nums[i] > 2 * nums[j]`. ### Example 1 ``` Input: @nums = (1, 3, 2, 3, 1) Output: 2 (1, 4) => nums[1] = 3, nums[4] = 1, 3 > 2 * 1 (3, 4) => nums[3] = 3, nums[4] = 1, 3 > 2 * 1 ``` ### Example 2 ``` Input: @nums = (2, 4, 3, 5, 1) Output: 3 (1, 4) => nums[1] = 4, nums[4] = 1, 4 > 2 * 1 (2, 4) => nums[2] = 3, nums[4] = 1, 3 > 2 * 1 (3, 4) => nums[3] = 5, nums[4] = 1, 5 > 2 * 1 ``` --- ### Solution Using the Perl Data Language to solve this task. First we create a 1-d long ndarray from the given numbers. ``` $nums = long 1, 3, 2, 3, 1; ``` Then we create a sequence in the same shape as `$nums`, i.e. a 1-d ndarray holding the column indices of `$nums` and a second sequence as a single column holding the row indices. When combining these index ndarrays, according to PDL's broadcasting rules both will be extended by replicating along a dimension to fit each other. For visualization, these replications may be performed explicitly: A) Add a dummy dimension 1 to the row and replicate it five times. ``` say sequence(5)->dup(1, 5); [ [0 1 2 3 4] [0 1 2 3 4] [0 1 2 3 4] [0 1 2 3 4] [0 1 2 3 4] ] ``` B) Replicate dimension 0 of the column five times. ``` say sequence(1, 5)->dup(0, 5); [ [0 0 0 0 0] [1 1 1 1 1] [2 2 2 2 2] [3 3 3 3 3] [4 4 4 4 4] ] ``` Hence we get an upper right triangular matrix of ones when comparing the indices: ``` say sequence($nums) > sequence(1, $nums->dim(0)); [ [0 1 1 1 1] [0 0 1 1 1] [0 0 0 1 1] [0 0 0 0 1] [0 0 0 0 0] ] ``` In the same manner we can compare `$nums` as a column with itself as a doubled row: ``` say $nums->dummy(0) > 2 * $nums [ [0 0 0 0 0] [1 0 0 0 1] [0 0 0 0 0] [1 0 0 0 1] [0 0 0 0 0] ] ``` The "bit and" of both matrices literally follows the definition of reverse pairs. The sum over the and'ed matrices yields the total number of reverse pairs: ``` ((sequence($nums) > sequence(1, $nums->dim(0))) & ($nums->dummy(0) > 2 * $nums))->sum; ``` ## Task 2: Floor Sum **Submitted by: Mohammad S Anwar** --- You are given an array of positive integers (`>=1`). Write a script to return the sum of `floor(nums[i] / nums[j])` where `0 <= i,j < nums.length`. The `floor()` function returns the integer part of the division. ### Example 1 ``` Input: @nums = (2, 5, 9) Output: 10 floor(2 / 5) = 0 floor(2 / 9) = 0 floor(5 / 9) = 0 floor(2 / 2) = 1 floor(5 / 5) = 1 floor(9 / 9) = 1 floor(5 / 2) = 2 floor(9 / 2) = 4 floor(9 / 5) = 1 ``` ### Example 2 ``` Input: @nums = (7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7) Output: 49 ``` --- ### Solution Again, using PDL. Creating a 1-d double ndarray from the given numbers: ``` $nums = pdl 2, 5, 9; ``` Divide `$nums` as row by `$nums` as column in the same manner as in task 1 and apply `floor()`: ``` say floor $nums / $nums->dummy(0); [ [1 2 4] [0 1 1] [0 0 1] ] ``` Finally, sum over this matrix: ``` floor($nums / $nums->dummy(0))->sum; ``` This works not only for positive integers but for all non-zero integers.