LeetCode 209, Medium. Topics: Array, Binary Search, Sliding Window, Prefix Sum. View on LeetCode.
Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 15 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:
Problem
Given an array of positive integers nums and a positive integer target, return the minimal length of a subarray whose sum is greater than or equal to target. If there is no such subarray, return 0 instead.
Examples
Constraints
- 1 <= target <= 10^9
- 1 <= nums.length <= 10^5
- 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^4
Follow up: If you have figured out the O(n) solution, try coding another solution of which the time complexity is O(n log(n)).
Solution
Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:
Complexity
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