380. Insert Delete GetRandom O(1) — 12th June LeetCode Challenge

Rajdeep Kaur
2 min readJun 16, 2020

Design a data structure that supports all following operations in average O(1) time.

  1. insert(val): Inserts an item val to the set if not already present.
  2. remove(val): Removes an item val from the set if present.
  3. getRandom: Returns a random element from current set of elements. Each element must have the same probability of being returned.

Example:

// Init an empty set.
RandomizedSet randomSet = new RandomizedSet();
// Inserts 1 to the set. Returns true as 1 was inserted successfully.
randomSet.insert(1);
// Returns false as 2 does not exist in the set.
randomSet.remove(2);
// Inserts 2 to the set, returns true. Set now contains [1,2].
randomSet.insert(2);
// getRandom should return either 1 or 2 randomly.
randomSet.getRandom();
// Removes 1 from the set, returns true. Set now contains [2].
randomSet.remove(1);
// 2 was already in the set, so return false.
randomSet.insert(2);
// Since 2 is the only number in the set, getRandom always return 2.
randomSet.getRandom();

Here is my solution:

class RandomizedSet {
Map<Integer, Integer> valueMap;
List<Integer> valueList;
/** Initialize your data structure here. */
public RandomizedSet() {
valueMap = new HashMap<>();
valueList = new ArrayList<>();
}

/** Inserts a value to the set. Returns true if the set did not already contain the specified element. */
public boolean insert(int val) {
if (valueMap.containsKey(val)) {
return false;
}
valueMap.put(val, valueList.size());
valueList.add(val);
return true;
}

/** Removes a value from the set. Returns true if the set contained the specified element. */
public boolean remove(int val) {
if (!valueMap.containsKey(val)) {
return false;
}
int index = valueMap.get(val);
int lastIndex = valueList.size() - 1;
int lastElement = valueList.get(lastIndex);

Collections.swap(valueList, index, lastIndex);
valueList.remove(lastIndex);

valueMap.put(lastElement, index);
valueMap.remove(val);
return true;
}

/** Get a random element from the set. */
public int getRandom() {
int randomIndex = new Random().nextInt(valueList.size());
return valueList.get(randomIndex);
}
}
/**
* Your RandomizedSet object will be instantiated and called as such:
* RandomizedSet obj = new RandomizedSet();
* boolean param_1 = obj.insert(val);
* boolean param_2 = obj.remove(val);
* int param_3 = obj.getRandom();
*/

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