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ABC248 E — K-colinear Line

ABC248 E — K-colinear Line: a Python solution using hash-based lookup. Learn the idea, check the complexity, and read the full code, with credit to KATO-Hiro AtCoder Solutions.

Technique
Hash-based lookup
Source
KATO-Hiro AtCoder Solutions
Length
66 lines
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Approach

Hash-based lookup

For ABC248 E — K-colinear Line, the implementation stores previously seen values or frequencies in a hash table for direct membership and lookup operations.

  1. Decide the key that represents the information needed later.
  2. Update its count or stored state while scanning the input.
  3. Use constant-time expected lookups to detect matches or assemble the result.

Code notes

  • 66 lines of Python from the credited upstream file abc248_e.py.
  • The implementation visibly relies on sequence storage, hash lookup, ordered lookup.
  • No explicit loop blocks detected.

Complexity

Expected hash operations are constant time, but the surrounding scan and the number of stored keys determine total work and memory.

Check the problem constraints before deciding whether this complexity will pass.

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 codeABC248 E — K-colinear Line · PythonPython
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-  def calc_line_passing_through(point1, point2):    '''    See:    https://atcoder.jp/contests/abc248/submissions/31018608    https://blog.hamayanhamayan.com/entry/2022/04/16/232237    '''     from math import gcd     a = point2[1] - point1[1]    b = point1[0] - point2[0]    c = -(point1[0] * a + point1[1] * b)     if a < 0:        a, b, c = -a, -b, -c     if a == 0 and b < 0:        b, c = -b, -c     g = gcd(gcd(a, b), c)    a //= g    b //= g    c //= g     return (a, b, c)  def main():    from collections import defaultdict    import sys     input = sys.stdin.readline     n, k = map(int, input().split())    xy = list()     if k == 1:        print("Infinity")        exit()        for i in range(n):        xi, yi = map(int, input().split())        xy.append((xi, yi))        d = defaultdict(int)     for i in range(n):        for j in range(i + 1, n):            p, q, r = calc_line_passing_through(xy[i], xy[j])            d[(p, q, r)] += 1            ans = 0        for value in d.values():        if value >= k * (k - 1) // 2:            ans += 1        print(ans)  if __name__ == "__main__":    main()

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