Count Distinct Elements In Every Window

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Problem statement

Given an array of integers ‘arr’ of size ‘n’ and an integer ‘k’. You need to find the count of distinct elements in every sub-array of size ‘k’ in the given array. Return an integer array ‘count’ that consists of n - k + 1 integers where ‘count[i]’ is equal to the number of distinct elements in a sub-array of size ‘k’ starting from index ‘i’.

Note:

1. The sub-array of an array is a continuous part of the array.
2. Consider ‘0’ based indexing.
3. ‘k’ will always be less than or equal to ‘n’.
3. Don’t print anything, just return the integer array ‘count’.

Detailed explanation ( Input/output format, Notes, Images )

Input format:

The first line of input contains an integer ‘T’ denoting the number of test cases.

The next ‘2*T’ lines represent the ‘T’ test cases.

The first line of each test case contains two space-separated integers ‘n’ and ‘k’  respectively representing the size of array ‘arr’ and size of sub-array to be considered.

The second line of the test case contains ‘n’ space-separated integers representing elements of the array ‘arr’.

Output format :

For each test case, return an integer array ‘count’ that consists of n - k + 1 integers where ‘count[i]’ is equal to the number of distinct elements in a sub-array of size ‘k’ starting from index ‘i’ in array ‘arr’.

Output for each query must be printed in a new line.

Constraints:

1 <= T <= 50
1 <= n <= 10^4
1 <= k <= n
-10^9 <= arr[i] <= 10^9

Where ‘T’ is the total number of test cases, ‘n’ is the given positive integer, ‘k’ is the size of sub-array to be considered, and arr[i] is the value of the array elements.


Time limit: 1 sec

Sample Input 1:

Sample Output 1:

2 3 
1

Explanation of Sample Input 1:

Test case 1:
Here, ‘n’ = 4, ‘k’ = 3 and ‘arr’ = {2, 2, 1, 3};
The sub-array of size 3 starting from index 0 is {2, 2, 1} and there are 2 distinct elements i.e  2 and 1 in it.
The sub-array of size 3 starting from index 1 is {2, 1, 3} and there are 3 distinct elements i.e 2, 1, and 3 in it.
So, the ‘count’ array will be {2, 3}.     

Test case 2:
Here, ‘n’ = 1, ‘k’ = 1 and ‘arr’ = {1};
The sub-array of size 1 starting from index 0 is {5} and there is 1 distinct element i.e 5 in it.
So, the ‘count’ array will be {1}.

Sample Input 2:

Sample Output 2:

 1
 1 1 1

Explanation of Sample Input 2:

Test case 1:
Here, ‘n’ = 3, ‘k’ = 3 and ‘arr’ = {1, 1, 1};
The sub-array of size 3 starting from index 0 is {1, 1, 1} and there is 1 distinct element i.e 1 in it.

Test case 2:
Here, ‘n’ = 3, k = ‘1’ and ‘arr’ = {1, 2, 2};
The sub-array of size 1 starting from index 0 is {1} and there is 1 distinct element i.e 1 in it.
The sub-array of size 1 starting from index 1 is {2} and there is 1 distinct element i.e 2 in it.
The sub-array of size 1 starting from index 2 is {2} and there is 1 distinct element i.e 2 in it.
So, the ‘count’ array will be {1, 1, 1}.

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