Leetcode 303. Range Sum Query — Immutable

Gary Chiang
2 min readAug 16, 2021

[easy]

Given an integer array nums, handle multiple queries of the following type:

  1. Calculate the sum of the elements of nums between indices left and right inclusive where left <= right.

Implement the NumArray class:

  • NumArray(int[] nums) Initializes the object with the integer array nums.
  • int sumRange(int left, int right) Returns the sum of the elements of nums between indices left and right inclusive (i.e. nums[left] + nums[left + 1] + ... + nums[right]).

Example 1:

Input
["NumArray", "sumRange", "sumRange", "sumRange"]
[[[-2, 0, 3, -5, 2, -1]], [0, 2], [2, 5], [0, 5]]
Output
[null, 1, -1, -3]
Explanation
NumArray numArray = new NumArray([-2, 0, 3, -5, 2, -1]);
numArray.sumRange(0, 2); // return (-2) + 0 + 3 = 1
numArray.sumRange(2, 5); // return 3 + (-5) + 2 + (-1) = -1
numArray.sumRange(0, 5); // return (-2) + 0 + 3 + (-5) + 2 + (-1) = -3

Constraints:

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 104
  • -105 <= nums[i] <= 105
  • 0 <= left <= right < nums.length
  • At most 104 calls will be made to sumRange.

[Java-1]

  1. create a global array called arr for the nums, add nums[i] into the arr.
  2. sum the arr[i] numbers from left to right
  3. TC(n) for every time calling this function

[Java-2]

  1. create a global array called arr for the nums. set the arr[0] == nums[0], arr[i] = arr[i-1] + nums[i]
  2. return arr[right] — arr[left]
  3. TC(1) for every time calling this function

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Gary Chiang

CS new grad, 6 years experience related to supply chain management. Located in Bay area