Solution: Maximum Points After Enemy Battles
Explore how to use greedy techniques to solve the Maximum Points After Enemy Battles problem. Understand how sorting and optimal energy management help you maximize your points by strategically defeating enemies with the lowest energy cost. This lesson teaches you efficient problem-solving using greedy algorithms and complexity analysis.
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Statement
You are given an integer array enemyEnergies where each element represents the energy value of an enemy, and an integer currentEnergy representing your initial energy.
You start with
Operation 1 — Choose an unmarked enemy i such that currentEnergy >= enemyEnergies[i]:
Your points increase by
. Your energy decreases:
currentEnergy = currentEnergy - enemyEnergies[i].
Operation 2 — If you have at least i:
Your energy increases:
currentEnergy = currentEnergy + enemyEnergies[i].Enemy
ibecomes marked.
Return the maximum number of points you can achieve by performing these operations optimally.
Constraints:
enemyEnergies.length...