Maximize length of subarray having equal elements by adding at most K

Given an array arr[] consisting of N positive integers and an integer K, which represents the maximum number that can be added to the array elements. The task is to maximize the length of longest possible subarray of equal elements by adding atmost K.

Examples:

Input: arr[] = {3, 0, 2, 2, 1}, k = 3
Output: 4
Explanation:
Step 1: Adding 2 to arr[1] modifies array to {3, 2, 2, 2, 1}
Step 2: Adding 1 to arr[4] modifies array to {3, 2, 2, 2, 2}
Therefore, answer will be 4 ({arr[1], …, arr[4]}).

Input: arr[] = {1, 1, 1}, k = 7
Output: 3
Explanation:
All array elements are already equal. Therefore, the length is 3.

Approach: Follow the steps below to solve the problem:

Sort the array arr[]. Then, use Binary Search to pick a possible value for the maximum indices having the same element.
For each picked_value, use the Sliding Window technique to check if it is possible to make all elements equal for any subarray of size picked_value.
Finally, print the longest possible length of subarray obtained.
Below is the implementation for the above approach:

// Java program for above approach 
  
import java.util.*; 
  
class GFG { 
  
    // Function to find the maximum number of 
    // indices having equal elements after 
    // adding at most k numbers 
    public static int maxEqualIdx(int[] arr, 
                                  int k) 
    { 
        // Sort the array in 
        // ascending order 
        Arrays.sort(arr); 
  
        // Make prefix sum array 
        int[] prefixSum 
            = new int[arr.length + 1]; 
        prefixSum[1] = arr[0]; 
  
        for (int i = 1; i < prefixSum.length - 1; 
             ++i) { 
  
            prefixSum[i + 1] 
                = prefixSum[i] + arr[i]; 
        } 
  
        // Initialize variables 
        int max = arr.length; 
        int min = 1; 
        int ans = 1; 
  
        while (min <= max) { 
  
            // Update mid 
            int mid = (max + min) / 2; 
  
            // Check if any subarray 
            // can be obtained of length 
            // mid having equal elements 
            if (check(prefixSum, mid, k, arr)) { 
  
                ans = mid; 
                min = mid + 1; 
            } 
            else { 
  
                // Decrease max to mid 
                max = mid - 1; 
            } 
        } 
  
        return ans; 
    } 
  
    // Function to check if a subarray of 
    // length len consisting of equal elements 
    // can be obtained or not 
    public static boolean check(int[] pSum, 
                                int len, int k, 
                                int[] a) 
    { 
  
        // Sliding window 
        int i = 0; 
        int j = len; 
        while (j <= a.length) { 
  
            // Last element of the sliding window 
            // will be having the max size in the 
            // current window 
            int maxSize = a[j - 1]; 
  
            int totalNumbers = maxSize * len; 
  
            // The current number of element in all 
            // indices of the current sliding window 
            int currNumbers = pSum[j] - pSum[i]; 
  
            // If the current number of the window, 
            // added to k exceeds totalNumbers 
            if (currNumbers + k >= totalNumbers) { 
  
                return true; 
            } 
            else { 
                i++; 
                j++; 
            } 
        } 
        return false; 
    } 
  
    // Driver Code 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
  
        int[] arr = { 1, 1, 1 }; 
        int k = 7; 
  
        // Function call 
        System.out.println(maxEqualIdx(arr, k)); 
    } 
}
Output:
3
Time Complexity: O(N * log N)
Auxiliary Space: O(N)

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