Maximum rods to put horizontally such that no two rods overlap on X coordinate

Last Updated : 22 Oct, 2021

Given two arrays X[] and H[] of size N, where X[i] denotes the X-coordinate of the i^th vertical rod and H[i] denotes the height of that rod, and also given that an i^throd can also be put horizontally, by either placing the rod on the segment [X[i]-H[i], X[i]] or [X[i], X[i]+H[i]] on the X coordinate, the task is to find the maximum number of rods that can be put horizontally such that no two rods overlap on the X coordinate.

Examples:

Input: N = 3, X[] = {1, 2, 3}, H[] = {2, 5, 5}
Output: 2
Explanation:
One possible way to place the rods is:

Put the rod at X[0]( = 1) horizontally on the left of X[0] i.e on the segment [-1, 1].

Let the rod placed at position X[1]( = 2) be vertical.

Put the rod at X[2]( = 3) horizontally on the right of X[2] i.e on the segment [3, 8].

Therefore, 2 rods can be put horizontally. And it is also the maximum possible count.

Input: N = 3, X[] = {1, 2, 5}, H[] = {1, 2, 5}
Output: 3

Approach: The problem can be solved by using the Greedy algorithm. Follow the steps below to solve the problem:

Initialize two variables, say, ans as 0 to store the answer and prev as INT_MIN to store the last occupied point on X coordinate.
Iterate over the range [0, N] using the variable i and perform the following steps:
- If the current rod can be put on the left, i.e if X[i]-H[i] is greater than prev, then increment the value of ans by 1 and update prev to X[i].
- Else, if the current rod can be put on the right, i.e if X[i]+H[i] is less than X[i+1], then increment the value of ans by 1 and update prev to X[i]+H[i].
- Else, update prev to X[i].
Finally, after completing the above steps, print the answer obtained in ans.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ program for the above approach
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
 
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find the maximum number
// of rods that can be put horizontally
int findMaximumPoints(int N, int X[], int H[])
{
 
    // Stores the result
    int ans = 0;
 
    // Stores the last occupied point
    int prev = INT_MIN;
 
    // Traverse the array arr[]
    for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
 
        // If the current point can be put on
        // the left side
        if (prev < (X[i] - H[i])) {
 
            // Increment the ans by 1
            ++ans;
 
            // Update prev
            prev = X[i];
        }
 
        // Else if the given point can be put
        // on the right side
        else if (i == N - 1
                 || (X[i] + H[i]) < X[i + 1]) {
 
            // Increment the ans by 1
            ++ans;
 
            // Update prev
            prev = X[i] + H[i];
        }
 
        // Otherwise,
        else {
            // Update prev
            prev = X[i];
        }
    }
 
    // Return the ans
    return ans;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
 
    int X[] = { 1, 2, 3 };
    int H[] = { 2, 5, 5 };
    int N = sizeof(X) / sizeof(X[0]);
 
    cout << findMaximumPoints(N, X, H);
}

Java

// Java program for the above approach
 
class GFG {
 
    // Function to find the maximum number
    // of rods that can be put horizontally
    public static int findMaximumPoints(int N, int X[], int H[]) {
 
        // Stores the result
        int ans = 0;
 
        // Stores the last occupied point
        int prev = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
 
        // Traverse the array arr[]
        for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
 
            // If the current point can be put on
            // the left side
            if (prev < (X[i] - H[i])) {
 
                // Increment the ans by 1
                ++ans;
 
                // Update prev
                prev = X[i];
            }
 
            // Else if the given point can be put
            // on the right side
            else if (i == N - 1 || (X[i] + H[i]) < X[i + 1]) {
 
                // Increment the ans by 1
                ++ans;
 
                // Update prev
                prev = X[i] + H[i];
            }
 
            // Otherwise,
            else {
                // Update prev
                prev = X[i];
            }
        }
 
        // Return the ans
        return ans;
    }
 
    // Driver Code
    public static void main(String args[]) {
 
        int X[] = { 1, 2, 3 };
        int H[] = { 2, 5, 5 };
        int N = X.length;
 
        System.out.println(findMaximumPoints(N, X, H));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by _saurabh_jaiswal.

Python3

# Python 3 program for the above approach
import sys
 
# Function to find the maximum number
# of rods that can be put horizontally
def findMaximumPoints(N, X, H):
    # Stores the result
    ans = 0
 
    # Stores the last occupied point
    prev = -sys.maxsize-1
 
    # Traverse the array arr[]
    for i in range(N):
       
        # If the current point can be put on
        # the left side
        if (prev < (X[i] - H[i])):
 
            # Increment the ans by 1
            ans += 1
 
            # Update prev
            prev = X[i]
 
        # Else if the given point can be put
        # on the right side
        elif(i == N - 1 or (X[i] + H[i]) < X[i + 1]):
 
            # Increment the ans by 1
            ans += 1
 
            # Update prev
            prev = X[i] + H[i]
 
        # Otherwise,
        else:
            # Update prev
            prev = X[i]
 
    # Return the ans
    return ans
 
# Driver Code
if __name__ == '__main__':
    X = [1, 2, 3]
    H = [2, 5, 5]
    N = len(X)
 
    print(findMaximumPoints(N, X, H))
     
    # This code is contributed by SURENDRA_GANGWAR.

C#

// C# program for the above approach
using System;
 
class GFG{
     
    // Function to find the maximum number
    // of rods that can be put horizontally
    public static int findMaximumPoints(int N, int[] X, int[] H) {
 
        // Stores the result
        int ans = 0;
 
        // Stores the last occupied point
        int prev = Int32.MinValue;
 
        // Traverse the array arr[]
        for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
 
            // If the current point can be put on
            // the left side
            if (prev < (X[i] - H[i])) {
 
                // Increment the ans by 1
                ++ans;
 
                // Update prev
                prev = X[i];
            }
 
            // Else if the given point can be put
            // on the right side
            else if (i == N - 1 || (X[i] + H[i]) < X[i + 1]) {
 
                // Increment the ans by 1
                ++ans;
 
                // Update prev
                prev = X[i] + H[i];
            }
 
            // Otherwise,
            else {
                // Update prev
                prev = X[i];
            }
        }
 
        // Return the ans
        return ans;
    }
 
 
// Driver code
static public void Main()
{
    int[] X = { 1, 2, 3 };
        int[] H = { 2, 5, 5 };
        int N = X.Length;
 
        Console.WriteLine(findMaximumPoints(N, X, H));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by sanjoy_62.

Javascript

<script>
 
        // JavaScript program for the above approach
 
        // Function to find the maximum number
        // of rods that can be put horizontally
        function findMaximumPoints(N, X, H)
        {
 
            // Stores the result
            let ans = 0;
 
            // Stores the last occupied point
            let prev = Number.MIN_VALUE;
 
            // Traverse the array arr[]
            for (let i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
 
                // If the current point can be put on
                // the left side
                if (prev < (X[i] - H[i])) {
 
                    // Increment the ans by 1
                    ++ans;
 
                    // Update prev
                    prev = X[i];
                }
 
                // Else if the given point can be put
                // on the right side
                else if (i == N - 1
                    || (X[i] + H[i]) < X[i + 1]) {
 
                    // Increment the ans by 1
                    ++ans;
 
                    // Update prev
                    prev = X[i] + H[i];
                }
 
                // Otherwise,
                else
                {
                 
                    // Update prev
                    prev = X[i];
                }
            }
            ans++;
            // Return the ans
            return ans;
        }
 
        // Driver Code
        let X = [1, 2, 3];
        let H = [2, 5, 5];
        let N = X.length;
 
        document.write(findMaximumPoints(N, X, H));
 
    // This code is contributed by Potta Lokesh
    </script>