Problem:

Given a sorted integer array where the range of elements are [lowerupper] inclusive, return its missing ranges.

For example, given [0, 1, 3, 50, 75]lower = 0 and upper = 99, return ["2", "4->49", "51->74", "76->99"].

General Analysis:

This kind problem is easy, it just test your proramming skills.
Basic idea:
According to the problem, the gap between two numbers: nums[i], nums[i+1] should be recorded.
There could be following situation:
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case 1: no gap (nums[i] + 1 == nums[i+1])
We need to record nothing.
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case 2: the gap's length is 1. (nums[i] + 2 = nums[i+1])
We need to record one number. nums[i]+1.
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case 3: the gap's length is larger than 1. (nums[i] + 2 < nums[i+1])
We need to record the range. [nums[i]+1, nums[i+1]-1]. Write in this way is a little ugly, what's more we have lower and upper must be included. we could use two variables for this purpose: (to compute the gap between nums[i-1] and nums[i])
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after: the number after nums[i-1]
pre: the number before nums[i]
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if (pre == after)
ret.add(pre + "");
else if (pre > after)
ret.add(after + "->" + pre);
after = nums[i] + 1; Skill:
To involve the lower and upper, we could assign "after" with "lower" before scanning the nums. And assign "pre" with "upper" after the scan. int after = lower;
int pre;
for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
...
}
pre = upper;
if (pre == after)
ret.add(pre + "");
else if (pre > after)
ret.add(after + "->" + pre);

Wrong Solution:

public class Solution {
public List<String> findMissingRanges(int[] nums, int lower, int upper) {
if (nums == null)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("nums is null");
List<String> ret = new ArrayList<String> ();
if (nums.length == 0) {
String temp = lower + "->" + upper;
ret.add(temp);
return ret;
}
int after = lower;
int pre;
for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
pre = nums[i] - 1;
if (pre == after)
ret.add(pre + "");
else if (pre > after)
ret.add(after + "->" + pre);
after = nums[i] + 1;
}
pre = upper;
if (pre == after)
ret.add(pre + "");
else if (pre > after)
ret.add(after + "->" + pre);
return ret;
}
}

Mistake Analysis:

Error case:
[], 1, 1
Output:
["1->1"]
Expected:
["1"] Mistake analysis:
I have failed to consdier the corner case when nums.length = 0, and lower and upper share the same value.
Thus we should not use "->".
Fix:
if (lower < upper) {
String temp = lower + "->" + upper;
ret.add(temp);
} else{
ret.add(lower + "");
}
Lesson: when the output should be genereated for different format (like "num1", "num1 -> num2"), you should be careful with you handling with corner case.

Solution:

public class Solution {
public List<String> findMissingRanges(int[] nums, int lower, int upper) {
if (nums == null)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("nums is null");
List<String> ret = new ArrayList<String> ();
if (nums.length == 0) {
if (lower < upper) {
String temp = lower + "->" + upper;
ret.add(temp);
} else{
ret.add(lower + "");
}
return ret;
}
int after = lower;
int pre;
for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
pre = nums[i] - 1;
if (pre == after)
ret.add(pre + "");
else if (pre > after)
ret.add(after + "->" + pre);
after = nums[i] + 1;
}
pre = upper;
if (pre == after)
ret.add(pre + "");
else if (pre > after)
ret.add(after + "->" + pre);
return ret;
}
}

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