#2653

Sliding Subarray Beauty

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Description

Given an integer array nums of length n, for each sliding window of size k compute its beauty: the x-th smallest value if it is negative, otherwise 0. Return an array of n - k + 1 beauty values in window order.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,-1,-3,-2,3], k = 3, x = 2
Output: [-1,-2,-2]
Explanation: There are 3 subarrays with size k = 3.
The first subarray is [1, -1, -3] and the 2nd smallest negative integer is -1.
The second subarray is [-1, -3, -2] and the 2nd smallest negative integer is -2.
The third subarray is [-3, -2, 3] and the 2nd smallest negative integer is -2.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [-1,-2,-3,-4,-5], k = 2, x = 2
Output: [-1,-2,-3,-4]
Explanation: There are 4 subarrays with size k = 2.
For [-1, -2], the 2nd smallest negative integer is -1.
For [-2, -3], the 2nd smallest negative integer is -2.
For [-3, -4], the 2nd smallest negative integer is -3.
For [-4, -5], the 2nd smallest negative integer is -4.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [-3,1,2,-3,0,-3], k = 2, x = 1
Output: [-3,0,-3,-3,-3]
Explanation: There are 5 subarrays with size k = 2.
For [-3, 1], the 1st smallest negative integer is -3.
For [1, 2], there is no negative integer so the beauty is 0.
For [2, -3], the 1st smallest negative integer is -3.
For [-3, 0], the 1st smallest negative integer is -3.
For [0, -3], the 1st smallest negative integer is -3.

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