New coding contract type: Array Jumping Game II

doc/source/basicgameplay/codingcontracts.rst

@@ -115,6 +115,16 @@ The list contains the name of (i.e. the value returned by
 |                                    | | Assuming you are initially positioned at the start of the array, determine             |
 |                                    | | whether you are able to reach the last index of the array.                             |
 +------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Array Jumping Game II              | | You are given an array of integers where each element represents the                   |
+|                                    | | maximum possible jump distance from that position. For example, if you                 |
+|                                    | | are at position i and your maximum jump length is n, then you can jump                 |
+|                                    | | to any position from i to i+n.                                                         |
+|                                    | |                                                                                        |
+|                                    | | Assuming you are initially positioned at the start of the array, determine             |
+|                                    | | the minimum number of jumps to reach the end of the array.                             |
+|                                    | |                                                                                        |
+|                                    | | If it's impossible to reach the end, then the answer should be 0.                      |
++------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Merge Overlapping Intervals        | | Given an array of intervals, merge all overlapping intervals. An interval              |
 |                                    | | is an array with two numbers, where the first number is always less than               |
 |                                    | | the second (e.g. [1, 5]).                                                              |

src/data/codingcontracttypes.ts

@@ -312,6 +312,62 @@ export const codingContractTypesMetadata: ICodingContractTypeMetadata[] = [
       return (ans === "1" && solution) || (ans === "0" && !solution);
     },
   },
+  {
+    desc: (arr: number[]): string => {
+      return [
+        "You are given the following array of integers:\n\n",
+        `${arr}\n\n`,
+        "Each element in the array represents your MAXIMUM jump length",
+        "at that position. This means that if you are at position i and your",
+        "maximum jump length is n, you can jump to any position from",
+        "i to i+n.",
+        "\n\nAssuming you are initially positioned",
+        "at the start of the array, determine the minimum number of",
+        "jumps to reach the end of the array.\n\n",
+        "If it's impossible to reach the end, then the answer should be 0.",
+      ].join(" ");
+    },
+    difficulty: 3,
+    gen: (): number[] => {
+      const len: number = getRandomInt(3, 25);
+      const arr: number[] = [];
+      arr.length = len;
+      for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+        for (let j = 0; j < 10; j++) {
+          if (Math.random() <= j / 10 + 0.1) {
+            arr[i] = j;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      return arr;
+    },
+    name: "Array Jumping Game II",
+    numTries: 3,
+    solver: (data: number[], ans: string): boolean => {
+      const n: number = data.length;
+      let reach = 0;
+      let jumps = 0;
+      let lastJump = -1;
+      while (reach < n - 1) {
+        let jumpedFrom = -1;
+        for (let i = reach; i > lastJump; i--) {
+          if (i + data[i] > reach) {
+            reach = i + data[i];
+            jumpedFrom = i;
+          }
+        }
+        if (jumpedFrom === -1) {
+          jumps = 0;
+          break;
+        }
+        lastJump = jumpedFrom;
+        jumps++;
+      }
+      return jumps === parseInt(ans, 10);
+    },
+  },
   {
     desc: (arr: number[][]): string => {
       return [