# 2300. Successful Pairs of Spells and Potions ###### tags: `leetcode` ## Description You are given two positive integer arrays spells and potions, of length n and m respectively, where spells[i] represents the strength of the ith spell and potions[j] represents the strength of the jth potion. You are also given an integer success. A spell and potion pair is considered successful if the product of their strengths is at least success. Return an integer array pairs of length n where pairs[i] is the number of potions that will form a successful pair with the ith spell. - Example 1: >Input: spells = [5,1,3], potions = [1,2,3,4,5], success = 7 Output: [4,0,3] >>Explanation: >>- 0th spell: 5 * [1,2,3,4,5] = [5,10,15,20,25]. 4 pairs are successful. >>- 1st spell: 1 * [1,2,3,4,5] = [1,2,3,4,5]. 0 pairs are successful. >>- 2nd spell: 3 * [1,2,3,4,5] = [3,6,9,12,15]. 3 pairs are successful. Thus, [4,0,3] is returned. - Example 2: >Input: spells = [3,1,2], potions = [8,5,8], success = 16 Output: [2,0,2] >>Explanation: >>- 0th spell: 3 * [8,5,8] = [24,15,24]. 2 pairs are successful. >>- 1st spell: 1 * [8,5,8] = [8,5,8]. 0 pairs are successful. >>- 2nd spell: 2 * [8,5,8] = [16,10,16]. 2 pairs are successful. Thus, [2,0,2] is returned. - Constraints: n == spells.length m == potions.length $1 \leq n, m \leq 10^5$ $1 \leq spells[i], potions[i] \leq 10^5$ $1 \leq success \leq 10^{10}$ ## Solution - The problem is about the seeking, so sorting the `potions` can help fasten up the speed ```cpp= sort(potions.begin(), potions.end()); ``` - After that, the bounding for the problem is actually the upper bound of the `success / spells[i]`. Use that as the criterion to find the lower bound for the array (inclusive the equal elements). ```cpp= for (int i = 0; i < spells.size(); i++) { auto bound = ceil(double(success) / double(spells[i])); auto temp = lower_bound(potions.begin(), potions.end(), bound); spells[i] = potions.end() - temp; } ```