LeetCode 238. Product of Array Except Self

Post by ailswan Nov.08, 2023

238. Product of Array Except Self

Problem Statement

link: https://leetcode.com/problems/product-of-array-except-self/ https://leetcode.cn/problems/product-of-array-except-self/

Given an integer array nums, return an array answer such that answer[i] is equal to the product of all the elements of nums except nums[i].

The product of any prefix or suffix of nums is guaranteed to fit in a 32-bit integer.

You must write an algorithm that runs in O(n) time and without using the division operation.

Example:

Input: nums = [1,2,3,4] Output: [24,12,8,6]

Input: nums = [-1,1,0,-3,3] Output: [0,0,9,0,0]

Solution Approach

Algorithm

Implement

    class Solution:
    def productExceptSelf(self, nums: List[int]) -> List[int]:
        l = len(nums)
        res = [1] * l
        for i in range(1, l):
            res[i] = res[i - 1] * nums[i - 1]
        productR = 1
        for i in range(l-1, -1, -1):
            res[i] *= productR
            productR *= nums[i]
        return res