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Given an array arr[] of N elements and Q queries of the form [X]. For each query, the task is to find the largest interval [L, R] of the array such that the greatest element in the interval is arr[X], such that 1 ? L ? X ? R
Note: The array has 1-based indexing.

Examples: 

Input: N = 5, arr[] = {2, 1, 2, 3, 2}, Q = 3, query[] = {1, 2, 4} 
Output: 
[1, 3] 
[2, 2] 
[1, 5] 
Explanation : 
In 1st query, x = 1, so arr[x] = 2 and answer is L = 1 and R = 3. here, we can see that max(arr[1], arr[2], arr[3]) = arr[x], which is the maximum intervals. 
In 2nd query, x = 2, so arr[x] = 1 and since it is the smallest element of the array, so the interval contains only one element, thus the range is [2, 2]. 
In 3rd query, x = 4, so arr[x] = 4, which is maximum element of the arr[], so the answer is whole array, L = 1 and R = N.

Input: N = 4, arr[] = { 1, 2, 2, 4}, Q = 2, query[] = {1, 2} 
Output: 
[1, 1] 
[1, 3] 
Explanation: 
In 1st query, x = 1, so arr[x] = 1 and since it is the smallest element of the array, so the interval contains only one element, thus the range is [1, 1]. 
In 2nd query, x = 2, so arr[x] = 2 and answer is L = 1 and R = 3. here, we can see that max(arr[1], arr[2], arr[3]) = arr[x] = arr[2] = 2, which is the maximum intervals. 

Approach: The idea is to precompute the largest interval for every value K in arr[] from 1 to N. Below are the steps:

  1. For each element K in arr[], fix the index of the element K, then find how much we can extend the interval to it’s left and right.
  2. Decrement left iterator till arr[left] ? K and similarly increment right iterator till arr[right] ? K.
  3. The final value of left and right represents the starting and the ending index of the interval, which is stored in arrL[] and arrR[] respectively.
  4. After we have precomputed interval range for each value. Then, for each query, we need to print the interval range for arr[x] i.e., arrL[arr[x]] and arrR[arr[x]].

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++




// C++ program for the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to precompute the interval
// for each query
void utilLargestInterval(int arr[],
                         int arrL[],
                         int arrR[],
                         int N)
{
 
    // For every values [1, N] find
    // the longest intervals
    for (int maxValue = 1;
         maxValue <= N; maxValue++) {
 
        int lastIndex = 0;
 
        // Iterate the array arr[]
        for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
 
            if (lastIndex >= i
                || arr[i] != maxValue)
                continue;
            int left = i, right = i;
 
            // Shift the left pointers
            while (left > 0
                   && arr[left] <= maxValue)
                left--;
 
            // Shift the right pointers
            while (right <= N
                   && arr[right] <= maxValue)
                right++;
 
            left++, right--;
            lastIndex = right;
 
            // Store the range of interval
            // in arrL[] and arrR[].
            for (int j = left; j <= right; j++) {
 
                if (arr[j] == maxValue) {
                    arrL[j] = left;
                    arrR[j] = right;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
 
// Function to find the largest interval
// for each query in Q[]
void largestInterval(
    int arr[], int query[], int N, int Q)
{
 
    // To store the L and R of X
    int arrL[N + 1], arrR[N + 1];
 
    // Function Call
    utilLargestInterval(arr, arrL,
                        arrR, N);
 
    // Iterate to find ranges for each query
    for (int i = 0; i < Q; i++) {
 
        cout << "[" << arrL[query[i]]
             << ", " << arrR[query[i]]
             << "]\n";
    }
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    int N = 5, Q = 3;
 
    // Given array arr[]
    int arr[N + 1] = { 0, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2 };
 
    // Given Queries
    int query[Q] = { 1, 2, 4 };
 
    // Function Call
    largestInterval(arr, query, N, Q);
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program for the above approach
class GFG{
 
// Function to precompute the interval
// for each query
static void utilLargestInterval(int arr[],
                                int arrL[],
                                int arrR[],
                                int N)
{
 
    // For every values [1, N] find
    // the longest intervals
    for(int maxValue = 1;
            maxValue <= N; maxValue++)
    {
       int lastIndex = 0;
        
       // Iterate the array arr[]
       for(int i = 1; i <= N; i++)
       {
          if (lastIndex >= i ||
                 arr[i] != maxValue)
              continue;
          int left = i, right = i;
           
          // Shift the left pointers
          while (left > 0 &&
                 arr[left] <= maxValue)
              left--;
           
          // Shift the right pointers
          while (right <= N &&
                 arr[right] <= maxValue)
              right++;
           
          left++;
          right--;
          lastIndex = right;
           
          // Store the range of interval
          // in arrL[] and arrR[].
          for(int j = left; j <= right; j++)
          {
             if (arr[j] == maxValue)
             {
                 arrL[j] = left;
                 arrR[j] = right;
             }
          }
       }
    }
}
 
// Function to find the largest interval
// for each query in Q[]
static void largestInterval(int arr[],
                            int query[],
                            int N, int Q)
{
     
    // To store the L and R of X
    int []arrL = new int[N + 1];
    int []arrR = new int[N + 1];
 
    // Function Call
    utilLargestInterval(arr, arrL,
                        arrR, N);
 
    // Iterate to find ranges for
    // each query
    for(int i = 0; i < Q; i++)
    {
       System.out.print("[" + arrL[query[i]] +
                       ", " + arrR[query[i]] + "]\n");
    }
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    int N = 5, Q = 3;
 
    // Given array arr[]
    int arr[] = { 0, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2 };
 
    // Given queries
    int query[] = { 1, 2, 4 };
 
    // Function call
    largestInterval(arr, query, N, Q);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Amit Katiyar


Python3




# Python3 program for the above approach
 
# Function to precompute the interval
# for each query
def utilLargestInterval(arr, arrL, arrR, N):
  
    # For every values [1, N] find
    # the longest intervals
    for maxValue in range(1, N + 1):
        lastIndex = 0
  
        # Iterate the array arr[]
        for i in range(N + 1):
            if (lastIndex >= i or
                   arr[i] != maxValue):
                continue
             
            left = i
            right = i
  
            # Shift the left pointers
            while (left > 0 and
               arr[left] <= maxValue):
                left -= 1
  
            # Shift the right pointers
            while (right <= N and
               arr[right] <= maxValue):
                right += 1
  
            left += 1
            right -= 1
            lastIndex = right
  
            # Store the range of interval
            # in arrL[] and arrR[].
            for j in range(left, right + 1):
                if (arr[j] == maxValue):
                    arrL[j] = left
                    arrR[j] = right
             
# Function to find the largest interval
# for each query in Q[]
def largestInterval(arr, query, N, Q):
  
    # To store the L and R of X
    arrL = [0 for i in range(N + 1)]
    arrR = [0 for i in range(N + 1)]
  
    # Function call
    utilLargestInterval(arr, arrL, arrR, N);
  
    # Iterate to find ranges for each query
    for i in range(Q):
        print('[' + str(arrL[query[i]]) +
             ', ' + str(arrR[query[i]]) + ']')
  
# Driver code
if __name__=="__main__":
     
    N = 5
    Q = 3
  
    # Given array arr[]
    arr = [ 0, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2 ]
  
    # Given Queries
    query = [ 1, 2, 4 ]
  
    # Function call
    largestInterval(arr, query, N, Q)
 
# This code is contributed by rutvik_56


C#




// C# program for the above approach
using System;
 
class GFG{
 
// Function to precompute the interval
// for each query
static void utilLargestInterval(int []arr,
                                int []arrL,
                                int []arrR,
                                int N)
{
 
    // For every values [1, N] find
    // the longest intervals
    for(int maxValue = 1;
            maxValue <= N; maxValue++)
    {
       int lastIndex = 0;
        
       // Iterate the array []arr
       for(int i = 1; i <= N; i++)
       {
          if (lastIndex >= i ||
                 arr[i] != maxValue)
              continue;
               
          int left = i, right = i;
           
          // Shift the left pointers
          while (left > 0 &&
                 arr[left] <= maxValue)
              left--;
               
          // Shift the right pointers
          while (right <= N &&
                 arr[right] <= maxValue)
              right++;
           
          left++;
          right--;
          lastIndex = right;
           
          // Store the range of interval
          // in arrL[] and arrR[].
          for(int j = left; j <= right; j++)
          {
             if (arr[j] == maxValue)
             {
                 arrL[j] = left;
                 arrR[j] = right;
             }
          }
       }
    }
}
 
// Function to find the largest interval
// for each query in Q[]
static void largestInterval(int []arr,
                            int []query,
                            int N, int Q)
{
     
    // To store the L and R of X
    int []arrL = new int[N + 1];
    int []arrR = new int[N + 1];
 
    // Function Call
    utilLargestInterval(arr, arrL,
                        arrR, N);
 
    // Iterate to find ranges for
    // each query
    for(int i = 0; i < Q; i++)
    {
       Console.Write("[" + arrL[query[i]] +
                    ", " + arrR[query[i]] + "]\n");
    }
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
    int N = 5, Q = 3;
 
    // Given array []arr
    int []arr = { 0, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2 };
 
    // Given queries
    int []query = { 1, 2, 4 };
 
    // Function call
    largestInterval(arr, query, N, Q);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Princi Singh


Javascript




<script>
 
// Javascript program for the above approach
 
// Function to precompute the interval
// for each query
function utilLargestInterval(arr, arrL, arrR, N)
{
 
    // For every values [1, N] find
    // the longest intervals
    for (var maxValue = 1;
         maxValue <= N; maxValue++) {
 
        var lastIndex = 0;
 
        // Iterate the array arr[]
        for (var i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
 
            if (lastIndex >= i
                || arr[i] != maxValue)
                continue;
            var left = i, right = i;
 
            // Shift the left pointers
            while (left > 0
                   && arr[left] <= maxValue)
                left--;
 
            // Shift the right pointers
            while (right <= N
                   && arr[right] <= maxValue)
                right++;
 
            left++, right--;
            lastIndex = right;
 
            // Store the range of interval
            // in arrL[] and arrR[].
            for (var j = left; j <= right; j++) {
 
                if (arr[j] == maxValue) {
                    arrL[j] = left;
                    arrR[j] = right;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
 
// Function to find the largest interval
// for each query in Q[]
function largestInterval( arr, query, N, Q)
{
 
    // To store the L and R of X
    var arrL = Array(N+1).fill(0),arrR = Array(N+1).fill(0);
 
    // Function Call
    utilLargestInterval(arr, arrL,
                        arrR, N);
 
    // Iterate to find ranges for each query
    for (var i = 0; i < Q; i++) {
 
        document.write( "[" + arrL[query[i]]
             + ", " + arrR[query[i]]
             + "]<br>");
    }
}
 
// Driver Code
var N = 5, Q = 3;
 
// Given array arr[]
var arr = [0, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2];
 
// Given Queries
var query = [1, 2, 4];
 
// Function Call
largestInterval(arr, query, N, Q);
 
// This code is contributed by itsok.
</script>


Output: 

[1, 3]
[2, 2]
[1, 5]

 

Time Complexity: O(Q + N2
Auxiliary Space: O(N)
 



Last Updated : 20 May, 2021
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