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198. House Robber 👍

Approach 1: 1D DP

  • Time: $O(n)$
  • Space: $O(n)$
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class Solution {
 public:
  int rob(vector<int>& nums) {
    if (nums.empty())
      return 0;
    if (nums.size() == 1)
      return nums[0];

    // dp[i] := the maximum money of robbing nums[0..i]
    vector<int> dp(nums.size());
    dp[0] = nums[0];
    dp[1] = max(nums[0], nums[1]);

    for (int i = 2; i < nums.size(); ++i)
      dp[i] = max(dp[i - 1], dp[i - 2] + nums[i]);

    return dp.back();
  }
};

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class Solution {
  public int rob(int[] nums) {
    final int n = nums.length;
    if (n == 0)
      return 0;
    if (n == 1)
      return nums[0];

    // dp[i] := the maximum money of robbing nums[0..i]
    int[] dp = new int[n];
    dp[0] = nums[0];
    dp[1] = Math.max(nums[0], nums[1]);

    for (int i = 2; i < n; ++i)
      dp[i] = Math.max(dp[i - 1], dp[i - 2] + nums[i]);

    return dp[n - 1];
  }
}

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class Solution:
  def rob(self, nums: list[int]) -> int:
    if not nums:
      return 0
    if len(nums) == 1:
      return nums[0]

    # dp[i]:= max money of robbing nums[0..i]
    dp = [0] * len(nums)
    dp[0] = nums[0]
    dp[1] = max(nums[0], nums[1])

    for i in range(2, len(nums)):
      dp[i] = max(dp[i - 1], dp[i - 2] + nums[i])

    return dp[-1]

Approach 2: $O(1)$ DP

  • Time: $O(n)$
  • Space: $O(1)$
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class Solution {
 public:
  int rob(vector<int>& nums) {
    int prev1 = 0;  // dp[i - 1]
    int prev2 = 0;  // dp[i - 2]

    for (const int num : nums) {
      const int dp = max(prev1, prev2 + num);
      prev2 = prev1;
      prev1 = dp;
    }

    return prev1;
  }
};

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class Solution {
  public int rob(int[] nums) {
    int prev1 = 0; // dp[i - 1]
    int prev2 = 0; // dp[i - 2]

    for (final int num : nums) {
      final int dp = Math.max(prev1, prev2 + num);
      prev2 = prev1;
      prev1 = dp;
    }

    return prev1;
  }
}

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class Solution:
  def rob(self, nums: list[int]) -> int:
    prev1 = 0  # dp[i - 1]
    prev2 = 0  # dp[i - 2]

    for num in nums:
      dp = max(prev1, prev2 + num)
      prev2 = prev1
      prev1 = dp

    return prev1