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I tried everything, but I still can't solve this problem without brute force:


I get N blocks with a known height and width. I can rotate them (height become width and width become height) and I have to build the tallest possible pyramid from them (of course I can change the order of blocks).
The problem is that you can't put a block of width X onto a block with width smaller than X.

EDIT:

The problem is, that you can't put a block onto a block of the same width.



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    If the blocks can directly be stacked on each other (without any constraints), then iterate over them and sum(max(block.height, block.width)) and it will be the maximum possible height. Which is a linear algorithm, you can't do any better since you need to inspect every block... or your question is something else entirely?
    – Aleksei Maide
    Nov 22 at 10:22










  • @AlekseiMaide The problem is that you can't put a block of width X onto a block with a width smaller than X.
    – georgeel
    Nov 22 at 10:29






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    Your question seems unclear. Would you please show brute force code you did and provide some testcases for expected input/output.
    – Bishal Gautam
    Nov 22 at 10:30










  • Could you provide the definition of pyramid, how could we know that the pyramid is valid? Any constraints for N?
    – Pham Trung
    Nov 22 at 10:42








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    This question, as asked, is too easy. I think you've probably made a mistake in transcribing it.
    – Matt Timmermans
    Nov 22 at 13:16















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I tried everything, but I still can't solve this problem without brute force:


I get N blocks with a known height and width. I can rotate them (height become width and width become height) and I have to build the tallest possible pyramid from them (of course I can change the order of blocks).
The problem is that you can't put a block of width X onto a block with width smaller than X.

EDIT:

The problem is, that you can't put a block onto a block of the same width.



Any ideas?










share|improve this question




















  • 1




    If the blocks can directly be stacked on each other (without any constraints), then iterate over them and sum(max(block.height, block.width)) and it will be the maximum possible height. Which is a linear algorithm, you can't do any better since you need to inspect every block... or your question is something else entirely?
    – Aleksei Maide
    Nov 22 at 10:22










  • @AlekseiMaide The problem is that you can't put a block of width X onto a block with a width smaller than X.
    – georgeel
    Nov 22 at 10:29






  • 5




    Your question seems unclear. Would you please show brute force code you did and provide some testcases for expected input/output.
    – Bishal Gautam
    Nov 22 at 10:30










  • Could you provide the definition of pyramid, how could we know that the pyramid is valid? Any constraints for N?
    – Pham Trung
    Nov 22 at 10:42








  • 2




    This question, as asked, is too easy. I think you've probably made a mistake in transcribing it.
    – Matt Timmermans
    Nov 22 at 13:16













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I tried everything, but I still can't solve this problem without brute force:


I get N blocks with a known height and width. I can rotate them (height become width and width become height) and I have to build the tallest possible pyramid from them (of course I can change the order of blocks).
The problem is that you can't put a block of width X onto a block with width smaller than X.

EDIT:

The problem is, that you can't put a block onto a block of the same width.



Any ideas?










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I tried everything, but I still can't solve this problem without brute force:


I get N blocks with a known height and width. I can rotate them (height become width and width become height) and I have to build the tallest possible pyramid from them (of course I can change the order of blocks).
The problem is that you can't put a block of width X onto a block with width smaller than X.

EDIT:

The problem is, that you can't put a block onto a block of the same width.



Any ideas?







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    If the blocks can directly be stacked on each other (without any constraints), then iterate over them and sum(max(block.height, block.width)) and it will be the maximum possible height. Which is a linear algorithm, you can't do any better since you need to inspect every block... or your question is something else entirely?
    – Aleksei Maide
    Nov 22 at 10:22










  • @AlekseiMaide The problem is that you can't put a block of width X onto a block with a width smaller than X.
    – georgeel
    Nov 22 at 10:29






  • 5




    Your question seems unclear. Would you please show brute force code you did and provide some testcases for expected input/output.
    – Bishal Gautam
    Nov 22 at 10:30










  • Could you provide the definition of pyramid, how could we know that the pyramid is valid? Any constraints for N?
    – Pham Trung
    Nov 22 at 10:42








  • 2




    This question, as asked, is too easy. I think you've probably made a mistake in transcribing it.
    – Matt Timmermans
    Nov 22 at 13:16














  • 1




    If the blocks can directly be stacked on each other (without any constraints), then iterate over them and sum(max(block.height, block.width)) and it will be the maximum possible height. Which is a linear algorithm, you can't do any better since you need to inspect every block... or your question is something else entirely?
    – Aleksei Maide
    Nov 22 at 10:22










  • @AlekseiMaide The problem is that you can't put a block of width X onto a block with a width smaller than X.
    – georgeel
    Nov 22 at 10:29






  • 5




    Your question seems unclear. Would you please show brute force code you did and provide some testcases for expected input/output.
    – Bishal Gautam
    Nov 22 at 10:30










  • Could you provide the definition of pyramid, how could we know that the pyramid is valid? Any constraints for N?
    – Pham Trung
    Nov 22 at 10:42








  • 2




    This question, as asked, is too easy. I think you've probably made a mistake in transcribing it.
    – Matt Timmermans
    Nov 22 at 13:16








1




1




If the blocks can directly be stacked on each other (without any constraints), then iterate over them and sum(max(block.height, block.width)) and it will be the maximum possible height. Which is a linear algorithm, you can't do any better since you need to inspect every block... or your question is something else entirely?
– Aleksei Maide
Nov 22 at 10:22




If the blocks can directly be stacked on each other (without any constraints), then iterate over them and sum(max(block.height, block.width)) and it will be the maximum possible height. Which is a linear algorithm, you can't do any better since you need to inspect every block... or your question is something else entirely?
– Aleksei Maide
Nov 22 at 10:22












@AlekseiMaide The problem is that you can't put a block of width X onto a block with a width smaller than X.
– georgeel
Nov 22 at 10:29




@AlekseiMaide The problem is that you can't put a block of width X onto a block with a width smaller than X.
– georgeel
Nov 22 at 10:29




5




5




Your question seems unclear. Would you please show brute force code you did and provide some testcases for expected input/output.
– Bishal Gautam
Nov 22 at 10:30




Your question seems unclear. Would you please show brute force code you did and provide some testcases for expected input/output.
– Bishal Gautam
Nov 22 at 10:30












Could you provide the definition of pyramid, how could we know that the pyramid is valid? Any constraints for N?
– Pham Trung
Nov 22 at 10:42






Could you provide the definition of pyramid, how could we know that the pyramid is valid? Any constraints for N?
– Pham Trung
Nov 22 at 10:42






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2




This question, as asked, is too easy. I think you've probably made a mistake in transcribing it.
– Matt Timmermans
Nov 22 at 13:16




This question, as asked, is too easy. I think you've probably made a mistake in transcribing it.
– Matt Timmermans
Nov 22 at 13:16












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What I understand reading your problem statement and comments is that you want to build tallest pyramid with width from bottom to top in decreasing order.

If this is the case, then what we can do is simply the following steps:




  1. Loop over blocks and swap width and height only if width > height.

  2. Now, sort the array of blocks in decreasing order of width which is the order used for stacking blocks from bottom to top in pyramid.


  3. Answer is summation of all heights.




Note: step -2 is only needed if you want to display order of blocks
from bottom to top in pyramid.







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  • So the first stage is to rotate blocks making them "higher than wider" ??
    – MBo
    Nov 22 at 11:19










  • @MBo, yes. First step ensure taller pyramid.
    – Bishal Gautam
    Nov 22 at 11:26










  • @BishalGautam The problem is, that you can't put a block onto a block of the same width.
    – georgeel
    Nov 24 at 16:35











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What I understand reading your problem statement and comments is that you want to build tallest pyramid with width from bottom to top in decreasing order.

If this is the case, then what we can do is simply the following steps:




  1. Loop over blocks and swap width and height only if width > height.

  2. Now, sort the array of blocks in decreasing order of width which is the order used for stacking blocks from bottom to top in pyramid.


  3. Answer is summation of all heights.




Note: step -2 is only needed if you want to display order of blocks
from bottom to top in pyramid.







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  • So the first stage is to rotate blocks making them "higher than wider" ??
    – MBo
    Nov 22 at 11:19










  • @MBo, yes. First step ensure taller pyramid.
    – Bishal Gautam
    Nov 22 at 11:26










  • @BishalGautam The problem is, that you can't put a block onto a block of the same width.
    – georgeel
    Nov 24 at 16:35















up vote
3
down vote













What I understand reading your problem statement and comments is that you want to build tallest pyramid with width from bottom to top in decreasing order.

If this is the case, then what we can do is simply the following steps:




  1. Loop over blocks and swap width and height only if width > height.

  2. Now, sort the array of blocks in decreasing order of width which is the order used for stacking blocks from bottom to top in pyramid.


  3. Answer is summation of all heights.




Note: step -2 is only needed if you want to display order of blocks
from bottom to top in pyramid.







share|improve this answer





















  • So the first stage is to rotate blocks making them "higher than wider" ??
    – MBo
    Nov 22 at 11:19










  • @MBo, yes. First step ensure taller pyramid.
    – Bishal Gautam
    Nov 22 at 11:26










  • @BishalGautam The problem is, that you can't put a block onto a block of the same width.
    – georgeel
    Nov 24 at 16:35













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up vote
3
down vote









What I understand reading your problem statement and comments is that you want to build tallest pyramid with width from bottom to top in decreasing order.

If this is the case, then what we can do is simply the following steps:




  1. Loop over blocks and swap width and height only if width > height.

  2. Now, sort the array of blocks in decreasing order of width which is the order used for stacking blocks from bottom to top in pyramid.


  3. Answer is summation of all heights.




Note: step -2 is only needed if you want to display order of blocks
from bottom to top in pyramid.







share|improve this answer












What I understand reading your problem statement and comments is that you want to build tallest pyramid with width from bottom to top in decreasing order.

If this is the case, then what we can do is simply the following steps:




  1. Loop over blocks and swap width and height only if width > height.

  2. Now, sort the array of blocks in decreasing order of width which is the order used for stacking blocks from bottom to top in pyramid.


  3. Answer is summation of all heights.




Note: step -2 is only needed if you want to display order of blocks
from bottom to top in pyramid.








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  • So the first stage is to rotate blocks making them "higher than wider" ??
    – MBo
    Nov 22 at 11:19










  • @MBo, yes. First step ensure taller pyramid.
    – Bishal Gautam
    Nov 22 at 11:26










  • @BishalGautam The problem is, that you can't put a block onto a block of the same width.
    – georgeel
    Nov 24 at 16:35


















  • So the first stage is to rotate blocks making them "higher than wider" ??
    – MBo
    Nov 22 at 11:19










  • @MBo, yes. First step ensure taller pyramid.
    – Bishal Gautam
    Nov 22 at 11:26










  • @BishalGautam The problem is, that you can't put a block onto a block of the same width.
    – georgeel
    Nov 24 at 16:35
















So the first stage is to rotate blocks making them "higher than wider" ??
– MBo
Nov 22 at 11:19




So the first stage is to rotate blocks making them "higher than wider" ??
– MBo
Nov 22 at 11:19












@MBo, yes. First step ensure taller pyramid.
– Bishal Gautam
Nov 22 at 11:26




@MBo, yes. First step ensure taller pyramid.
– Bishal Gautam
Nov 22 at 11:26












@BishalGautam The problem is, that you can't put a block onto a block of the same width.
– georgeel
Nov 24 at 16:35




@BishalGautam The problem is, that you can't put a block onto a block of the same width.
– georgeel
Nov 24 at 16:35


















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