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ABC174 E — Logs

ABC174 E — Logs: a Python solution using binary search. Learn the idea, check the complexity, and read the full code, with credit to KATO-Hiro AtCoder Solutions.

Technique
Binary search
Source
KATO-Hiro AtCoder Solutions
Length
35 lines
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Approach

Binary search

For ABC174 E — Logs, the implementation exploits a monotonic condition to discard half of the remaining search space after every check.

  1. Identify the ordered answer range or sorted search domain.
  2. Write a predicate whose truth changes only once.
  3. Move the appropriate boundary after each midpoint check and return the final feasible position.

Code notes

  • 35 lines of Python from the credited upstream file abc174_e.py.
  • The implementation visibly relies on sequence storage, ordered lookup.
  • 1 loop block detected.

Complexity

Multiply the logarithmic number of midpoint checks by the cost of one predicate evaluation.

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Source

Code and credit

This code comes from KATO-Hiro AtCoder Solutions by KATO-Hiro and is used under the CC0-1.0 licence.

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Full codeABC174 E — Logs · PythonPython
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-  def main():    import sys     input = sys.stdin.readline     n, k = map(int, input().split())    a = list(map(int, input().split()))     left = 0    right = 10 ** 9     while (right - left) > 1:        mid = (left + right) // 2         k_count = 0         for ai in a:            k_count += (ai - 1) // mid         result = k_count <= k         if result:            right = mid        else:            left = mid     print(right)  if __name__ == "__main__":    main()

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