2905. Find Indices With Index and Value Difference II

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You are given a 0-indexed integer array nums having length n, an integer indexDifference, and an integer valueDifference.

Your task is to find two indices i and j, both in the range [0, n - 1], that satisfy the following conditions:

  • abs(i - j) >= indexDifference, and
  • abs(nums[i] - nums[j]) >= valueDifference

Return an integer array answer, where answer = [i, j] if there are two such indices, and answer = [-1, -1] otherwise. If there are multiple choices for the two indices, return any of them.

Note: i and j may be equal.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [5,1,4,1], indexDifference = 2, valueDifference = 4
Output: [0,3]
Explanation: In this example, i = 0 and j = 3 can be selected.
abs(0 - 3) >= 2 and abs(nums[0] - nums[3]) >= 4.
Hence, a valid answer is [0,3].
[3,0] is also a valid answer.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [2,1], indexDifference = 0, valueDifference = 0
Output: [0,0]
Explanation: In this example, i = 0 and j = 0 can be selected.
abs(0 - 0) >= 0 and abs(nums[0] - nums[0]) >= 0.
Hence, a valid answer is [0,0].
Other valid answers are [0,1], [1,0], and [1,1].

Example 3:

Input: nums = [1,2,3], indexDifference = 2, valueDifference = 4
Output: [-1,-1]
Explanation: In this example, it can be shown that it is impossible to find two indices that satisfy both conditions.
Hence, [-1,-1] is returned.

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= n == nums.length <= 105
  • 0 <= nums[i] <= 109
  • 0 <= indexDifference <= 105
  • 0 <= valueDifference <= 109

Hints

Hint 1
For each index i >= indexDifference, keep the indices j1 and j2 in the range [0, i - indexDifference] such that nums[j1] and nums[j2] are the minimum and maximum values in the index range.
Hint 2
Check if abs(nums[i] - nums[j1]) >= valueDifference or abs(nums[i] - nums[j2]) >= valueDifference.
Hint 3
j1 and j2 can be updated dynamically, or they can be pre-computed since they are just prefix minimum and maximum.

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