Get Minimum Operations

Problem Overview

  • Find the minimum number of operations to turn all elements of arr into NULL.
  • At step i: decrement any arr element by 1, or if change[i]>0 and arr[change[i]]==0, set that index to NULL; 1-based; return -1 if impossible.
  • Inputs: change of size n and arr of size m; output: the minimum operation count.
  • Array cleanup/resource deallocation context; from Rubrik interviews, a coding interview problem and interview question.

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