leetcode-problemset/leetcode-cn/problem (English)/移动石子直到连续 II(English) [moving-stones-until-consecutive-ii].html

<p>There are some stones in different positions on the X-axis. You are given an integer array <code>stones</code>, the positions of the stones.</p>

<p>Call a stone an <strong>endpoint stone</strong> if it has the smallest or largest position. In one move, you pick up an <strong>endpoint stone</strong> and move it to an unoccupied position so that it is no longer an <strong>endpoint stone</strong>.</p>

<ul>
	<li>In particular, if the stones are at say, <code>stones = [1,2,5]</code>, you cannot move the endpoint stone at position <code>5</code>, since moving it to any position (such as <code>0</code>, or <code>3</code>) will still keep that stone as an endpoint stone.</li>
</ul>

<p>The game ends when you cannot make any more moves (i.e., the stones are in three consecutive positions).</p>

<p>Return <em>an integer array </em><code>answer</code><em> of length </em><code>2</code><em> where</em>:</p>

<ul>
	<li><code>answer[0]</code> <em>is the minimum number of moves you can play, and</em></li>
	<li><code>answer[1]</code> <em>is the maximum number of moves you can play</em>.</li>
</ul>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> stones = [7,4,9]
<strong>Output:</strong> [1,2]
<strong>Explanation:</strong> We can move 4 -&gt; 8 for one move to finish the game.
Or, we can move 9 -&gt; 5, 4 -&gt; 6 for two moves to finish the game.
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> stones = [6,5,4,3,10]
<strong>Output:</strong> [2,3]
<strong>Explanation:</strong> We can move 3 -&gt; 8 then 10 -&gt; 7 to finish the game.
Or, we can move 3 -&gt; 7, 4 -&gt; 8, 5 -&gt; 9 to finish the game.
Notice we cannot move 10 -&gt; 2 to finish the game, because that would be an illegal move.
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>3 &lt;= stones.length &lt;= 10<sup>4</sup></code></li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= stones[i] &lt;= 10<sup>9</sup></code></li>
	<li>All the values of <code>stones</code> are <strong>unique</strong>.</li>
</ul>