LeetCode #454 2018-07-28

454. 4Sum II

Given four lists A, B, C, D of integer values, compute how many tuples (i, j, k, l) there are such that A[i] + B[j] + C[k] + D[l] is zero.
To make problem a bit easier, all A, B, C, D have same length of N where 0 ≤ N ≤ 500. All integers are in the range of -2²⁸ to 2²⁸ - 1 and the result is guaranteed to be at most 2³¹ - 1.

Example:
Input:
A = [ 1, 2]
B = [-2,-1]
C = [-1, 2]
D = [ 0, 2]
Output:
2
Explanation:
The two tuples are:

1. (0, 0, 0, 1) -> A[0] + B[0] + C[0] + D[1] = 1 + (-2) + (-1) + 2 = 0
2. (1, 1, 0, 0) -> A[1] + B[1] + C[0] + D[0] = 2 + (-1) + (-1) + 0 = 0

https://leetcode.com/problems/4sum-ii/description/

这道题巧妙的利用的python种的Counter类，总的时间复杂度为O(n²), 空间复杂度是O(n²)。
代码如下：

class Solution:
    def fourSumCount(self, A, B, C, D):
        """
        :type A: List[int]
        :type B: List[int]
        :type C: List[int]
        :type D: List[int]
        :rtype: int
        """
        AB = collections.Counter([a + b for a in A for b in B])
        return sum([AB[-c-d] for c in C for d in D])