2779. Maximum Beauty of an Array After Applying Operation - Explanation

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For each index of nums, you may replace its value once with any integer in the inclusive range from nums[i] - k to nums[i] + k. You may also leave it unchanged.

The beauty of an array is the greatest number of equal values in a subsequence; those values do not need to be adjacent. Return the maximum beauty obtainable after any allowed replacements.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,3,5]
k = 1

Output: 2

Explanation: The values 1 and 3 can both become 2, or 3 and 5 can both become 4. The allowed ranges of 1 and 5 do not overlap, so making all three equal is impossible.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [2,2,4]
k = 0

Output: 2

Explanation: With k = 0, no value can change. The value 2 already occurs twice, which is the maximum beauty.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [0,10]
k = 5

Output: 2

Explanation: Change 0 to 5 and 10 to 5. Both changes are within distance 5, giving two equal values.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 100000
  • 0 <= nums[i] <= 100000
  • 0 <= k <= 100000


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