277-Find-The-Celebrity
Sat 17 May 2025
https://leetcode.com/problems/find-the-celebrity
import pyutil as pyu
pyu.get_local_pyinfo()
print(pyu.ps2("python-dotenv"))
from typing import List
# The knows API is already defined for you.
# Returns a bool, whether a knows b
# Def knows(a: int, b: int) -> bool:
class Solution:
def findCelebrity(self, n: int) -> int:
candidate = 0
# Everyone knows the celebrity
for i in range(1, n):
if knows(candidate, i):
candidate = i
# Candidate knows nobody and everyone knows the celebrity
for i in range(n):
if i < candidate and knows(candidate, i) or not knows(i, candidate):
return -1
if i > candidate and not knows(i, candidate):
return -1
return candidate
new Solution().findCelebrity()
Score: 5
Category: leetcode