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LeetCode 1481, Medium. Topics: Array, Hash Table, Greedy, Sorting, Counting. View on LeetCode. Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 18 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:

Problem

Given an array of integers arr and an integer k. Find the least number of unique integers after removing exactly k elements.

Examples

Constraints

  • 1 <= arr.length <= 10^5
  • 1 <= arr[i] <= 10^9
  • 0 <= k <= arr.length

Solution

Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:

Complexity

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Last modified on September 7, 2026