11285 - Exchange Rates

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i use O(n^2) solution but seems it does not expected, i got TLE.
it's very strange because the limit of n is 365, so i just want to check do i really have to implement an O(n) solution?

[rio]

I can't imagine a O(n^2) solution. Could you post you code ?

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Rio

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#include <stdio.h>

int main(){
	int en;
	double erate[400];
	int i,j;
	double dp[400];

	while(scanf("%d",&en)==1 && en>0){
		for(i=1;i<=en;i++)
			scanf("%lf",&erate[i]);
		dp[0]=1000.0;
		for(i=1;i<=en;i++){
			dp[i]=0.0;
			for(j=0;j<i;j++){
				static double t;
				t=dp[j]/erate[j]*0.97*erate[i]*0.97;
				if(t>dp[i])
					dp[i]=t;
				if(dp[j]>dp[i])
					dp[i]=dp[j];
			}
		}
		printf("%.2lf\n",dp[en]);
	}

	return 0;
}

[rio]

You code has a bug. You didn't initialize erate[0], but using in code:

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         for(j=0;j<i;j++){
            static double t;
            t=dp[j]/erate[j]*0.97*erate[i]*0.97;
            if(t>dp[i])
               dp[i]=t;
            if(dp[j]>dp[i])
               dp[i]=dp[j];
         } 

I sent a code which initialize erate[0] with 1e9 and it got WA in 0.060 s.

Anyway, O(n) DP is way easier to implement.
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Rio

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You code has a bug. You didn't initialize erate[0], but using in
I sent a code which initialize erate[0] with 1e9 and it got WA in 0.060 s.

thanks a lot.
but i think the bug will lead to runtime error or wrong answer, not time limited exceed = =||

[rio]

Send a code with commenting out below part.

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            if(t>dp[i])
               dp[i]=t;
            if(dp[j]>dp[i])
               dp[i]=dp[j]; 

You could guess why its getting TLE.
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Rio

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Send a code with commenting out below part.

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            if(t>dp[i])
               dp[i]=t;
            if(dp[j]>dp[i])
               dp[i]=dp[j]; 

You could guess why its getting TLE.

i still don't know why.
does it mean that it costs a lot of time to do float number comparison?