Furthest Building You Can Reach

You are given an integer array heights representing the heights of buildings, some bricks, and some ladders.

You start your journey from building 0 and move to the next building by possibly using bricks or ladders.

While moving from building i to building i+1 (0-indexed),

Return the furthest building index (0-indexed) you can reach if you use the given ladders and bricks optimally.

 

Example 1:

Input: heights = [4,2,7,6,9,14,12], bricks = 5, ladders = 1
Output: 4
Explanation: Starting at building 0, you can follow these steps:
- Go to building 1 without using ladders nor bricks since 4 >= 2.
- Go to building 2 using 5 bricks. You must use either bricks or ladders because 2 < 7.
- Go to building 3 without using ladders nor bricks since 7 >= 6.
- Go to building 4 using your only ladder. You must use either bricks or ladders because 6 < 9.
It is impossible to go beyond building 4 because you do not have any more bricks or ladders.

Example 2:

Input: heights = [4,12,2,7,3,18,20,3,19], bricks = 10, ladders = 2
Output: 7

Example 3:

Input: heights = [14,3,19,3], bricks = 17, ladders = 0
Output: 3

 

Constraints:


Solution:

class Solution {
    public int furthestBuilding(int[] heights, int bricks, int ladders) {
        PriorityQueue<Integer> gaps = new PriorityQueue();
        for (int i = 0; i < heights.length - 1; i ++) {
            int curr = heights[i];
            int next = heights[i + 1];
            if (next > curr) {
                gaps.offer(next - curr);
            }
            if (gaps.size() > ladders) {
                bricks -= gaps.poll();
            }
            if (bricks < 0) {
                return i;
            }
        }
        return heights.length - 1;
    }
}