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Minimum palindromic subarray removals to make array Empty

Given an array arr[] consisting of N elements, the task is to find the minimum palindromic subarray removals required to remove all elements from the array.
Examples: 
 

Input: arr[] = {1, 3, 4, 1, 5}, N = 5 
Output:
Explanation: 
Removal of 4 from the array leaves {1, 3, 1, 5}. 
Removal of {1, 3, 1} leaves {5}. 
Removal of 5 makes the array empty.
Input: arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 5, 3, 1}, N = 5 
Output:
Explanation: 
Removal of {3, 5, 3} leaves {1, 2, 1}. 
Removal of {1, 2, 1} makes the array empty. 
 

 

Approach: 
We can use Interval Dynamic Programming to solve this problem. Follow the steps below to solve the problem: 
 

dp [i][j]= minimum (dp [i][j], dp [i][k] + dp [k + 1][j]) where i ? k <j 
 

Below is the implementation of the above approach:
 




// C++ Program for the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
int dp[550][550];
int minSubarrayRemoval(vector<int>& arr)
{
    int i, j, k, l;
    int n = arr.size();
 
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
            dp[i][j] = n;
        }
    }
 
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        dp[i][i] = 1;
    }
 
    for (i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
        if (arr[i] == arr[i + 1]) {
            dp[i][i + 1] = 1;
        }
        else {
            dp[i][i + 1] = 2;
        }
    }
    for (l = 2; l < n; l++) {
        for (i = 0; i + l < n; i++) {
            j = i + l;
            if (arr[i] == arr[j]) {
                dp[i][j] = dp[i + 1][j - 1];
            }
            for (k = i; k < j; k++) {
                dp[i][j]
                    = min(
                        dp[i][j],
                        dp[i][k]
                            + dp[k + 1][j]);
            }
        }
    }
    return dp[0][n - 1];
}
// Driver Program
int main()
{
    vector<int> arr
        = { 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2 };
    int ans = minSubarrayRemoval(arr);
    cout << ans << endl;
}




// Java program for the above approach
class GFG{
     
static int dp[][] = new int[550][550];
 
static int minSubarrayRemoval(int arr[])
{
    int i, j, k, l;
    int n = arr.length;
 
    for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
       for(j = 0; j < n; j++)
       {
          dp[i][j] = n;
       }
    }
 
    for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
       dp[i][i] = 1;
    }
 
    for(i = 0; i < n - 1; i++)
    {
       if (arr[i] == arr[i + 1])
       {
           dp[i][i + 1] = 1;
       }
       else
       {
           dp[i][i + 1] = 2;
       }
    }
     
    for(l = 2; l < n; l++)
    {
       for(i = 0; i + l < n; i++)
       {
          j = i + l;
          if (arr[i] == arr[j])
          {
              dp[i][j] = dp[i + 1][j - 1];
          }
          for(k = i; k < j; k++)
          {
             dp[i][j] = Math.min(dp[i][j],
                                 dp[i][k] +
                                 dp[k + 1][j]);
          }
       }
    }
    return dp[0][n - 1];
}
     
// Driver code
public static void main (String[] args)
{
    int arr [] = new int[]{ 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2 };
    int ans = minSubarrayRemoval(arr);
     
    System.out.println(ans);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Pratima Pandey




# Python3 program for the above approach
def minSubarrayRemoval(arr):
     
    n = len(arr)
    dp = []
     
    for i in range(n):
        l = [0] * n
        for j in range(n):
            l[j] = n
        dp.append(l)
     
    for i in range(n):
        dp[i][i] = 1
         
    for i in range(n - 1):
        if (arr[i] == arr[i + 1]):
            dp[i][i + 1] = 1
        else:
            dp[i][i + 1] = 2
             
    for l in range(2, n):
        for i in range(n - l):
            j = i + l
            if (arr[i] == arr[j]):
                dp[i][j] = dp[i + 1][j - 1]
             
            for k in range(i, j):
                dp[i][j] = min(dp[i][j],
                               dp[i][k] +
                               dp[k + 1][j])
     
    return dp[0][n - 1]
 
# Driver code
arr = [ 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2 ]
ans = minSubarrayRemoval(arr)
 
print(ans)
 
# This code is contributed by shubhamsingh10




// C# program for the above approach
using System;
class GFG{
     
static int [,]dp = new int[550, 550];
 
static int minSubarrayRemoval(int []arr)
{
    int i, j, k, l;
    int n = arr.Length;
 
    for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
       for(j = 0; j < n; j++)
       {
          dp[i, j] = n;
       }
    }
 
    for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
       dp[i, i] = 1;
    }
 
    for(i = 0; i < n - 1; i++)
    {
       if (arr[i] == arr[i + 1])
       {
           dp[i, i + 1] = 1;
       }
       else
       {
           dp[i, i + 1] = 2;
       }
    }
     
    for(l = 2; l < n; l++)
    {
       for(i = 0; i + l < n; i++)
       {
          j = i + l;
          if (arr[i] == arr[j])
          {
              dp[i, j] = dp[i + 1, j - 1];
          }
          for(k = i; k < j; k++)
          {
             dp[i, j] = Math.Min(dp[i, j],
                                 dp[i, k] +
                                 dp[k + 1, j]);
          }
       }
    }
    return dp[0, n - 1];
}
     
// Driver code
public static void Main()
{
    int []arr = new int[]{ 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2 };
    int ans = minSubarrayRemoval(arr);
     
    Console.Write(ans);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Code_Mech




<script>
 
// JavaScript program for the above approach
 
let dp = new Array(550);
// Loop to create 2D array using 1D array
for (var i = 0; i < dp.length; i++) {
    dp[i] = new Array(2);
}
   
function minSubarrayRemoval(arr)
{
    let i, j, k, l;
    let n = arr.length;
   
    for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
       for(j = 0; j < n; j++)
       {
          dp[i][j] = n;
       }
    }
   
    for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
       dp[i][i] = 1;
    }
   
    for(i = 0; i < n - 1; i++)
    {
       if (arr[i] == arr[i + 1])
       {
           dp[i][i + 1] = 1;
       }
       else
       {
           dp[i][i + 1] = 2;
       }
    }
       
    for(l = 2; l < n; l++)
    {
       for(i = 0; i + l < n; i++)
       {
          j = i + l;
          if (arr[i] == arr[j])
          {
              dp[i][j] = dp[i + 1][j - 1];
          }
          for(k = i; k < j; k++)
          {
             dp[i][j] = Math.min(dp[i][j],
                                 dp[i][k] +
                                 dp[k + 1][j]);
          }
       }
    }
    return dp[0][n - 1];
}
   
     
// Driver Code
  
    let arr = [ 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2 ];
    let ans = minSubarrayRemoval(arr);
       
    document.write(ans);
               
</script>

Output
2

Time Complexity: O(n3), where n is the length of the array.

Auxiliary Space: O(n2)


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