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Grokking the Coding Interview Patterns in Go

Solution: The Number of the Smallest Unoccupied Chair

Explore how to assign the smallest available chair to friends arriving at different times using min heaps. Understand sorting, managing occupied and free chairs, and how to apply these techniques for efficient dynamic scheduling and chair allocation in coding interviews.

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Statement

At a party, nn friends, numbered from 00 to n−1n - 1, arrive and leave at different times. There are infinitely many chairs, numbered 00 onwards. Each arriving friend sits on the smallest available chair at that moment.

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