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Given a permutation P of first N natural numbers. The task is to find the number of i’s such that Pi ? Pj for all 1 ? j ? i in the permutation of first N natural numbers.
Examples: 
 

Input: arr[] = {4, 2, 5, 1, 3} 
Output:
0, 1 and 3 are such indices.
Input: arr[] = {4, 3, 2, 1} 
Output:
 

 

Approach: For i = 1, …, N, define Mi = min{ Pj, 1 ? j ? i}. Now, when i(1 ? i ? N) is fixed, Mi = Pi holds if and only if for all j(1 ? j ? i), Pi ? Pj holds. Therefore, it is enough to calculate all the Mi. These can be calculated in the increasing order of i, so the problem could be solved in a total of O(N) time.
Below is the implementation of the above approach: 
 

C++




// C++ implementation of the approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to return the number of i's
// such that Pi <= Pj for all 1 <= j <= i
// in the permutation of first N natural numbers
int min_index(int p[], int n)
{
 
    // To store the count of such indices
    int ans = 0;
 
    // Store the mini value
    int mini = INT_MAX;
 
    // For all the elements
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        if (p[i] <= mini)
            mini = p[i];
 
        if (mini == p[i])
            ans++;
    }
 
    // Return the required answer
    return ans;
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int P[] = { 4, 2, 5, 1, 3 };
    int n = sizeof(P) / sizeof(int);
 
    cout << min_index(P, n);
 
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java implementation of the approach
class GFG
{
 
    static int INT_MAX = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
     
    // Function to return the number of i's
    // such that Pi <= Pj for all 1 <= j <= i
    // in the permutation of first N natural numbers
    static int min_index(int p[], int n)
    {
     
        // To store the count of such indices
        int ans = 0;
     
        // Store the mini value
        int mini = INT_MAX;
     
        // For all the elements
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            if (p[i] <= mini)
                mini = p[i];
     
            if (mini == p[i])
                ans++;
        }
     
        // Return the required answer
        return ans;
    }
     
    // Driver code
    public static void main (String[] args)
    {
        int P[] = { 4, 2, 5, 1, 3 };
        int n = P.length;
     
        System.out.println(min_index(P, n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by AnkitRai01


Python3




# Python3 implementation of the approach
import sys
 
INT_MAX = sys.maxsize
 
# Function to return the number of i's
# such that Pi <= Pj for all 1 <= j <= i
# in the permutation of first N natural numbers
def min_index(p, n) :
 
    # To store the count of such indices
    ans = 0;
 
    # Store the mini value
    mini = INT_MAX;
 
    # For all the elements
    for i in range(n) :
        if (p[i] <= mini) :
            mini = p[i];
 
        if (mini == p[i]) :
            ans += 1;
 
    # Return the required answer
    return ans;
 
# Driver code
if __name__ == "__main__" :
 
    P = [ 4, 2, 5, 1, 3 ];
    n = len(P);
    print(min_index(P, n));
 
# This code is contributed by AnkitRai01


C#




// C# implementation of the approach
using System;
 
class GFG
{
 
    static int INT_MAX = int.MaxValue;
     
    // Function to return the number of i's
    // such that Pi <= Pj for all 1 <= j <= i
    // in the permutation of first N natural numbers
    static int min_index(int []p, int n)
    {
     
        // To store the count of such indices
        int ans = 0;
     
        // Store the mini value
        int mini = INT_MAX;
     
        // For all the elements
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            if (p[i] <= mini)
                mini = p[i];
     
            if (mini == p[i])
                ans++;
        }
     
        // Return the required answer
        return ans;
    }
     
    // Driver code
    public static void Main ()
    {
        int []P = { 4, 2, 5, 1, 3 };
        int n = P.Length;
     
        Console.WriteLine(min_index(P, n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by AnkitRai01


Javascript




<script>
 
// JavaScript implementation of the approach
 
// Function to return the number of i's
// such that Pi <= Pj for all 1 <= j <= i
// in the permutation of first N natural numbers
function min_index(p, n)
{
 
    // To store the count of such indices
    let ans = 0;
 
    // Store the mini value
    let mini = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
 
    // For all the elements
    for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        if (p[i] <= mini)
            mini = p[i];
 
        if (mini == p[i])
            ans++;
    }
 
    // Return the required answer
    return ans;
}
 
// Driver code
 
    let P = [ 4, 2, 5, 1, 3 ];
    let n = P.length;
 
    document.write(min_index(P, n));
 
// This code is contributed by Manoj.
 
</script>


Output: 

3

 

Time Complexity: O(n)

Auxiliary Space: O(1)



Last Updated : 01 Feb, 2022
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