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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Design a URL shortening service like bit.ly. The system should support: creating short URLs from long URLs, redirecting short URLs to original URLs, and optionally tracking click analytics." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "## System Design: URL Shortener\n\n### Require...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Container With Most Water** (Medium)\n\nGiven an integer array `height` of length n, where each element represents the height of a vertical line at position i. Find two lines that together with the x-axis form a container that holds the most water. Return the maximum amount of...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Design a URL shortening service like bit.ly. The system should support: creating short URLs from long URLs, redirecting short URLs to original URLs, and optionally tracking click analytics." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "## System Design: URL Shortener\n\n### Require...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Top K Frequent Elements** (Medium)\n\nGiven an integer array `nums` and an integer `k`, return the `k` most frequent elements. You may return the answer in any order.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Container With Most Water** (Medium)\n\nGiven an integer array `height` of length n, where each element represents the height of a vertical line at position i. Find two lines that together with the x-axis form a container that holds the most water. Return the maximum amount of...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Binary Tree Level Order Traversal** (Medium)\n\nGiven the root of a binary tree, return the level order traversal of its nodes' values (i.e., from left to right, level by level).\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space comple...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Two Sum** (Easy)\n\nGiven an array of integers `nums` and an integer `target`, return the indices of the two numbers that add up to `target`. You may assume that each input would have exactly one solution, and you may not use the same element twice.\n\nPlease provide a solutio...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Reverse a Linked List** (Easy)\n\nGiven the head of a singly linked list, reverse the list and return the reversed list's head. Solve it both iteratively and recursively.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Daily Temperatures** (Medium)\n\nGiven an array of integers `temperatures` representing daily temperatures, return an array `answer` such that `answer[i]` is the number of days you have to wait after the `i`-th day to get a warmer temperature. If there is no future day with a ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Top K Frequent Elements** (Medium)\n\nGiven an integer array `nums` and an integer `k`, return the `k` most frequent elements. You may return the answer in any order.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Group Anagrams** (Medium)\n\nGiven an array of strings `strs`, group the anagrams together. You can return the answer in any order.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and any important edge cases." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Coin Change** (Medium)\n\nYou are given an integer array `coins` representing coins of different denominations and an integer `amount` representing a total amount of money. Return the fewest number of coins needed to make up that amount. If that amount of money cannot be made ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Container With Most Water** (Medium)\n\nGiven an integer array `height` of length n, where each element represents the height of a vertical line at position i. Find two lines that together with the x-axis form a container that holds the most water. Return the maximum amount of...
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