1658. Minimum Operations to Reduce X to Zero

https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-operations-to-reduce-x-to-zero/

You are given an integer array nums and an integer x. In one operation, you can either remove the leftmost or the rightmost element from the array nums and subtract its value from x. Note that this modifies the array for future operations. Return __the minimum number of operations to reduce x to exactly 0 if it is possible, otherwise, return __-1.

Example 1: Input: nums = [1,1,4,2,3], x = 5 Output: 2 Explanation: The optimal solution is to remove the last two elements to reduce x to zero. Example 2: Input: nums = [5,6,7,8,9], x = 4 Output: -1 Example 3: Input: nums = [3,2,20,1,1,3], x = 10 Output: 5 Explanation: The optimal solution is to remove the last three elements and the first two elements (5 operations in total) to reduce x to zero.

Constraints:

1 <= nums.length <= 105 	
1 <= nums[i] <= 104 	
1 <= x <= 109

  • code
class Solution:
    def minOperations(self, nums: List[int], x: int) -> int:
        target = sum(nums) - x
        res = inf
        cur = left = 0
        n = len(nums)
        
        for right in range(n):
            cur += nums[right]
            while cur > target and left <= right:
                cur -= nums[left]
                left += 1
                
            if cur == target:
                res = min(res, n - (right - left + 1))
                
        return res if res != inf else -1