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    * https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-dynamic-programming-patterns-for-coding-interviews/3jEPRo5PDvx or https://leetcode.com/problems/partition-equal-subset-sum/
    * https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-dynamic-programming-patterns-for-coding-interviews/3j64vRY6JnR
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/last-stone-weight-ii/ similar concept, but problem description is more abstract.
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/combination-sum-ii/ close enough
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/combination-sum-ii/ similar, but return the number of combinations instead of the combinations
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/target-sum/
    * BONUS : Not in grokking, but I still found this very useful https://leetcode.com/problems/ones-and-zeroes/

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    * https://leetcode.com/problems/last-stone-weight-ii/ similar concept, but problem description is more abstract.
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/combination-sum-ii/ close enough
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/target-sum/
    * BONUS : Not in grokking, but I still found this very useful https://leetcode.com/problems/ones-and-zeroes/

    ## Pattern: Topological Sort
    * First problem is identical to the following three
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    * https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-frequency-stack/

    ## Pattern: K-way merge
    todo
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-k-sorted-lists/
    * Same as previous, but return the Kth smallest number
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-smallest-element-in-a-sorted-matrix/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/smallest-range-covering-elements-from-k-lists/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/find-k-pairs-with-smallest-sums/ small difference, grokking has different sort order and wants the largest

    ## Pattern: 0/1 Knapsack
    * https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-dynamic-programming-patterns-for-coding-interviews/RM1BDv71V60
    * https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-dynamic-programming-patterns-for-coding-interviews/3jEPRo5PDvx or https://leetcode.com/problems/partition-equal-subset-sum/
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    * https://leetcode.com/problems/flipping-an-image/

    ## Pattern: Top 'K' elements
    todo
    * Same as second question, but the first Grokking question wants the top K instead of the bottom K
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-largest-element-in-an-array
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/k-closest-points-to-origin/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-cost-to-connect-sticks/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/top-k-frequent-elements/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-characters-by-frequency/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-largest-element-in-a-stream/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/find-k-closest-elements/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/least-number-of-unique-integers-after-k-removals/ closest leetcode or https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/maximum-distinct-elements-removing-k-elements/ for exact
    * https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/sum-elements-k1th-k2th-smallest-elements/ no leetcode equivalent found
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/reorganize-string/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/rearrange-string-k-distance-apart/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/task-scheduler/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-frequency-stack/

    ## Pattern: K-way merge
    todo
    ## Pattern: 0/1 Knapsack
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    ## Pattern: K-way merge
    todo
    ## Pattern: 0/1 Knapsack
    todo
    * https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-dynamic-programming-patterns-for-coding-interviews/RM1BDv71V60
    * https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-dynamic-programming-patterns-for-coding-interviews/3jEPRo5PDvx or https://leetcode.com/problems/partition-equal-subset-sum/
    * https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-dynamic-programming-patterns-for-coding-interviews/3j64vRY6JnR
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/last-stone-weight-ii/ similar concept, but problem description is more abstract.
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/combination-sum-ii/ close enough
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/target-sum/

    ## Pattern: Topological Sort
    * First problem is identical to the following three
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/course-schedule/
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    * Similar to previous, but find the number of rotations of the array.

    ## Pattern: Bitwise XOR
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/single-number/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/single-number-iii/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/complement-of-base-10-integer/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/flipping-an-image/

    ## Pattern: Top 'K' elements
    todo
    ## Pattern: K-way merge
    todo
    ## Pattern: 0/1 Knapsack
    todo
    ## Pattern: Topological Sort
    * First problem is identical to the following three
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/course-schedule/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/course-schedule-ii/
    * Same as above, but return all instead of any
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/alien-dictionary/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/sequence-reconstruction/description/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-height-trees/

    ## Misc
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-largest-element-in-an-array/
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    * https://leetcode.com/problems/unique-binary-search-trees/

    ## Pattern: Modified Binary Search
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-search/ # Close enough. The grokking problem allows sorted input arrays as ascending or descending, which only introduces a simple check
    * Did not find. Problem is find index of smallest element greater or equal to input value
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/find-smallest-letter-greater-than-target/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/find-first-and-last-position-of-element-in-sorted-array/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/search-in-a-sorted-array-of-unknown-size/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/find-k-closest-elements/ (with K == 1)
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/peak-index-in-a-mountain-array/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/find-in-mountain-array/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/search-in-rotated-sorted-array/
    * Similar to previous, but find the number of rotations of the array.

    ## Pattern: Bitwise XOR
    ## Pattern: Top 'K' elements
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    * https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-right-side-view/

    ## Pattern: Tree Depth First Search
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/path-sum/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/path-sum-ii/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/sum-root-to-leaf-numbers/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/check-if-a-string-is-a-valid-sequence-from-root-to-leaves-path-in-a-binary-tree/description/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/path-sum-iii/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/diameter-of-binary-tree/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-maximum-path-sum/

    ## Pattern: Two Heaps
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/find-median-from-data-stream/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/sliding-window-median/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/ipo/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/find-right-interval/

    ## Pattern: Subsets
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/subsets/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/subsets-ii/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/permutations/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/letter-case-permutation/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/generate-parentheses/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/generalized-abbreviation/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/different-ways-to-add-parentheses/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/unique-binary-search-trees-ii/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/unique-binary-search-trees/

    ## Pattern: Modified Binary Search

    ## Pattern: Bitwise XOR
    ## Pattern: Top 'K' elements
    ## Pattern: K-way merge
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    * Next question is the same, but connect end nodes to the next level instead of null
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-right-side-view/

    8. Pattern: Tree Depth First Search
    9. Pattern: Two Heaps
    10. Pattern: Subsets
    11. Pattern: Modified Binary Search
    12. Pattern: Bitwise XOR
    13. Pattern: Top 'K' elements
    14. Pattern: K-way merge
    15. Pattern: 0/1 Knapsack
    16. Pattern: Topological Sort
    17.
    https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-largest-element-in-an-array/
    ## Pattern: Tree Depth First Search
    ## Pattern: Two Heaps
    ## Pattern: Subsets
    ## Pattern: Modified Binary Search
    ## Pattern: Bitwise XOR
    ## Pattern: Top 'K' elements
    ## Pattern: K-way merge
    ## Pattern: 0/1 Knapsack
    ## Pattern: Topological Sort
    ## Misc
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-largest-element-in-an-array/
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    ****GROKKING NOTES****
    # GROKKING NOTES

    I liked the way Grokking the coding interview organized problems into learnable patterns. However, the course is expensive and the majority of the time the problems are copy-pasted from leetcode. As the explanations on leetcode are usually just as good, the course really boils down to being a glorified curated list of leetcode problems.

    So below I made a list of leetcode problems that are as close to grokking problems as possible.

    1. Pattern: Sliding Window
    ## Pattern: Sliding Window

    * https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-subarray/ # Close enough
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-size-subarray-sum/
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    * https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-window-substring/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/substring-with-concatenation-of-all-words/

    2. Pattern: Two Pointers
    ## Pattern: Two Pointers

    * https://leetcode.com/problems/two-sum/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/remove-duplicates-from-sorted-array/
    @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ So below I made a list of leetcode problems that are as close to grokking proble
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/backspace-string-compare/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/shortest-unsorted-continuous-subarray/

    3. Pattern: Fast & Slow pointers
    ## Pattern: Fast & Slow pointers
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle-ii/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/happy-number/
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    * https://leetcode.com/problems/reorder-list/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/circular-array-loop/

    4. Pattern: Merge Intervals
    ## Pattern: Merge Intervals
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-intervals/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/insert-interval/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/interval-list-intersections/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/meeting-rooms-ii/
    * Could not find equivalent. Given a list of intervals with values, find the peak sum (i.e. if intervals are overlapping, sum their values)
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/employee-free-time/

    5. Pattern: Cyclic Sort
    ## Pattern: Cyclic Sort

    * Couldn't find equivalent for the first question. The second question below encompasses the first one though. See https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/discuss/859510/C%2B%2B-O(N)-O(1)-using-Cyclic-Sort for how grokking the coding interview approached these problems. It uses the fact that we can sort the array in O(n) without comparison operators
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/
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    * https://leetcode.com/problems/first-missing-positive/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-missing-positive-number/

    6. Pattern: In-place Reversal of a LinkedList
    ## Pattern: In-place Reversal of a LinkedList
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-linked-list/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-linked-list-ii/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-nodes-in-k-group/
    * Next question is the same, but alternate each subgroup
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/rotate-list/

    7. Pattern: Tree Breadth First Search
    ## Pattern: Tree Breadth First Search
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-level-order-traversal/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-level-order-traversal-ii/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-zigzag-level-order-traversal/
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    1. Pattern: Sliding Window

    https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-subarray/ # Close enough

    https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-size-subarray-sum/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-substring-with-at-most-k-distinct-characters/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/fruit-into-baskets/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-substring-without-repeating-characters/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-repeating-character-replacement/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/max-consecutive-ones-iii/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/permutation-in-string/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-anagrams-in-a-string/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-window-substring/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/substring-with-concatenation-of-all-words/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-subarray/ # Close enough
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-size-subarray-sum/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-substring-with-at-most-k-distinct-characters/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/fruit-into-baskets/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-substring-without-repeating-characters/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-repeating-character-replacement/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/max-consecutive-ones-iii/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/permutation-in-string/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-anagrams-in-a-string/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-window-substring/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/substring-with-concatenation-of-all-words/

    2. Pattern: Two Pointers

    https://leetcode.com/problems/two-sum/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/remove-duplicates-from-sorted-array/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/squares-of-a-sorted-array/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum-closest/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum-smaller/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/subarray-product-less-than-k/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-colors/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/4sum/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/backspace-string-compare/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/shortest-unsorted-continuous-subarray/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/two-sum/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/remove-duplicates-from-sorted-array/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/squares-of-a-sorted-array/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum-closest/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum-smaller/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/subarray-product-less-than-k/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-colors/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/4sum/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/backspace-string-compare/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/shortest-unsorted-continuous-subarray/

    3. Pattern: Fast & Slow pointers

    https://leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle-ii/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/happy-number/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/middle-of-the-linked-list/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/palindrome-linked-list/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/reorder-list/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/circular-array-loop/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle-ii/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/happy-number/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/middle-of-the-linked-list/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/palindrome-linked-list/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/reorder-list/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/circular-array-loop/

    4. Pattern: Merge Intervals

    https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-intervals/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/insert-interval/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/interval-list-intersections/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/meeting-rooms-ii/

    Could not find equivalent. Given a list of intervals with values, find the peak sum (i.e. if intervals are overlapping, sum their values)

    https://leetcode.com/problems/employee-free-time/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-intervals/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/insert-interval/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/interval-list-intersections/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/meeting-rooms-ii/
    * Could not find equivalent. Given a list of intervals with values, find the peak sum (i.e. if intervals are overlapping, sum their values)
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/employee-free-time/

    5. Pattern: Cyclic Sort

    Couldn't find equivalent for the first question. The second question below encompasses the first one though.
    See https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/discuss/859510/C%2B%2B-O(N)-O(1)-using-Cyclic-Sort for how
    grokking the coding interview approached these problems.
    It uses the fact that we can sort the array in O(n) without comparison operators
    https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-numbers-disappeared-in-an-array/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-duplicates-in-an-array/

    combine https://leetcode.com/problems/find-the-duplicate-number/ and https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/first-missing-positive/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-missing-positive-number/
    * Couldn't find equivalent for the first question. The second question below encompasses the first one though. See https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/discuss/859510/C%2B%2B-O(N)-O(1)-using-Cyclic-Sort for how grokking the coding interview approached these problems. It uses the fact that we can sort the array in O(n) without comparison operators
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-numbers-disappeared-in-an-array/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-duplicates-in-an-array/
    * combine https://leetcode.com/problems/find-the-duplicate-number/ and https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/first-missing-positive/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-missing-positive-number/

    6. Pattern: In-place Reversal of a LinkedList

    https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-linked-list/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-linked-list-ii/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-nodes-in-k-group/

    Next question is the same, but alternate each subgroup

    https://leetcode.com/problems/rotate-list/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-linked-list/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-linked-list-ii/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-nodes-in-k-group/
    * Next question is the same, but alternate each subgroup
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/rotate-list/

    7. Pattern: Tree Breadth First Search

    https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-level-order-traversal/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-level-order-traversal-ii/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-zigzag-level-order-traversal/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-depth-of-binary-tree/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/inorder-successor-in-bst/ # Close, not exact

    https://leetcode.com/problems/populating-next-right-pointers-in-each-node/ # Close, grokk assumes non-perfect tree

    Next question is the same, but connect end nodes to the next level instead of null

    https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-right-side-view/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-level-order-traversal/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-level-order-traversal-ii/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-zigzag-level-order-traversal/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-depth-of-binary-tree/
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/inorder-successor-in-bst/ # Close, not exact
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/populating-next-right-pointers-in-each-node/ # Close, grokk assumes non-perfect tree
    * Next question is the same, but connect end nodes to the next level instead of null
    * https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-right-side-view/

    8. Pattern: Tree Depth First Search
    9. Pattern: Two Heaps
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    So below I made a list of leetcode problems that are as close to grokking problems as possible.

    1. Pattern: Sliding Window

    https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-subarray/ # Close enough

    https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-size-subarray-sum/
    @@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-window-substring/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/substring-with-concatenation-of-all-words/

    2. Pattern: Two Pointers

    https://leetcode.com/problems/two-sum/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/remove-duplicates-from-sorted-array/
    @@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ https://leetcode.com/problems/backspace-string-compare/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/shortest-unsorted-continuous-subarray/

    3. Pattern: Fast & Slow pointers

    https://leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle-ii/
    @@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ https://leetcode.com/problems/reorder-list/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/circular-array-loop/

    4. Pattern: Merge Intervals

    https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-intervals/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/insert-interval/
    @@ -74,15 +78,16 @@ https://leetcode.com/problems/interval-list-intersections/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/meeting-rooms-ii/

    # Could not find equivalent. Given a list of intervals with values, find the peak sum (i.e. if intervals are overlapping, sum their values)
    Could not find equivalent. Given a list of intervals with values, find the peak sum (i.e. if intervals are overlapping, sum their values)

    https://leetcode.com/problems/employee-free-time/

    5. Pattern: Cyclic Sort
    # Couldn't find equivalent for the first question. The second question below encompasses the first one though.
    # See https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/discuss/859510/C%2B%2B-O(N)-O(1)-using-Cyclic-Sort for how
    # grokking the coding interview approached these problems.
    # It uses the fact that we can sort the array in O(n) without comparison operators

    Couldn't find equivalent for the first question. The second question below encompasses the first one though.
    See https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/discuss/859510/C%2B%2B-O(N)-O(1)-using-Cyclic-Sort for how
    grokking the coding interview approached these problems.
    It uses the fact that we can sort the array in O(n) without comparison operators
    https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-numbers-disappeared-in-an-array/
    @@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-linked-list-ii/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-nodes-in-k-group/

    # Next question is the same, but alternate each subgroup
    Next question is the same, but alternate each subgroup

    https://leetcode.com/problems/rotate-list/

    @@ -121,7 +126,7 @@ https://leetcode.com/problems/inorder-successor-in-bst/ # Close, not exact

    https://leetcode.com/problems/populating-next-right-pointers-in-each-node/ # Close, grokk assumes non-perfect tree

    # Next question is the same, but connect end nodes to the next level instead of null
    Next question is the same, but connect end nodes to the next level instead of null

    https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-right-side-view/

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    1. Pattern: Sliding Window
    https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-subarray/ # Close enough

    https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-size-subarray-sum/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-substring-with-at-most-k-distinct-characters/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/fruit-into-baskets/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-substring-without-repeating-characters/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-repeating-character-replacement/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/max-consecutive-ones-iii/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/permutation-in-string/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-anagrams-in-a-string/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-window-substring/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/substring-with-concatenation-of-all-words/

    2. Pattern: Two Pointers
    https://leetcode.com/problems/two-sum/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/remove-duplicates-from-sorted-array/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/squares-of-a-sorted-array/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum-closest/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum-smaller/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/subarray-product-less-than-k/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-colors/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/4sum/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/backspace-string-compare/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/shortest-unsorted-continuous-subarray/

    3. Pattern: Fast & Slow pointers
    https://leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle-ii/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/happy-number/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/middle-of-the-linked-list/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/palindrome-linked-list/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/reorder-list/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/circular-array-loop/

    4. Pattern: Merge Intervals
    https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-intervals/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/insert-interval/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/interval-list-intersections/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/meeting-rooms-ii/

    # Could not find equivalent. Given a list of intervals with values, find the peak sum (i.e. if intervals are overlapping, sum their values)

    https://leetcode.com/problems/employee-free-time/

    5. Pattern: Cyclic Sort
    @@ -53,27 +84,45 @@ https://leetcode.com/problems/employee-free-time/
    # grokking the coding interview approached these problems.
    # It uses the fact that we can sort the array in O(n) without comparison operators
    https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-numbers-disappeared-in-an-array/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-duplicates-in-an-array/

    combine https://leetcode.com/problems/find-the-duplicate-number/ and https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/first-missing-positive/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-missing-positive-number/

    6. Pattern: In-place Reversal of a LinkedList

    https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-linked-list/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-linked-list-ii/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-nodes-in-k-group/

    # Next question is the same, but alternate each subgroup

    https://leetcode.com/problems/rotate-list/

    7. Pattern: Tree Breadth First Search

    https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-level-order-traversal/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-level-order-traversal-ii/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-zigzag-level-order-traversal/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-depth-of-binary-tree/

    https://leetcode.com/problems/inorder-successor-in-bst/ # Close, not exact

    https://leetcode.com/problems/populating-next-right-pointers-in-each-node/ # Close, grokk assumes non-perfect tree

    # Next question is the same, but connect end nodes to the next level instead of null

    https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-right-side-view/

    8. Pattern: Tree Depth First Search
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    ****GROKKING NOTES*****
    ****GROKKING NOTES****

    I liked the way Grokking the coding interview organized problems into learnable patterns. However, the course is expensive and the majority of the time the problems are copy-pasted from leetcode. As the explanations on leetcode are usually just as good, the course really boils down to being a glorified curated list of leetcode problems.

    So below I made a list of leetcode problems that are as close to grokking problems as possible.
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    ****GROKKING NOTES*****
    I liked the way Grokking the coding interview organized problems into learnable patterns. However, the course is expensive and the majority of the time the problems are copy-pasted from leetcode. As the explanations on leetcode are usually just as good, the course really boils down to being a glorified curated list of leetcode problems.

    So below I made a list of leetcode problems that are as close to grokking problems as possible.

    1. Pattern: Sliding Window
    https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-subarray/ # Close enough
    https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-size-subarray-sum/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-substring-with-at-most-k-distinct-characters/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/fruit-into-baskets/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-substring-without-repeating-characters/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-repeating-character-replacement/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/max-consecutive-ones-iii/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/permutation-in-string/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-anagrams-in-a-string/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-window-substring/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/substring-with-concatenation-of-all-words/

    2. Pattern: Two Pointers
    https://leetcode.com/problems/two-sum/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/remove-duplicates-from-sorted-array/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/squares-of-a-sorted-array/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum-closest/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum-smaller/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/subarray-product-less-than-k/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-colors/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/4sum/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/backspace-string-compare/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/shortest-unsorted-continuous-subarray/

    3. Pattern: Fast & Slow pointers
    https://leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle-ii/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/happy-number/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/middle-of-the-linked-list/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/palindrome-linked-list/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/reorder-list/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/circular-array-loop/

    4. Pattern: Merge Intervals
    https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-intervals/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/insert-interval/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/interval-list-intersections/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/meeting-rooms-ii/
    # Could not find equivalent. Given a list of intervals with values, find the peak sum (i.e. if intervals are overlapping, sum their values)
    https://leetcode.com/problems/employee-free-time/

    5. Pattern: Cyclic Sort
    # Couldn't find equivalent for the first question. The second question below encompasses the first one though.
    # See https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/discuss/859510/C%2B%2B-O(N)-O(1)-using-Cyclic-Sort for how
    # grokking the coding interview approached these problems.
    # It uses the fact that we can sort the array in O(n) without comparison operators
    https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-numbers-disappeared-in-an-array/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-duplicates-in-an-array/
    combine https://leetcode.com/problems/find-the-duplicate-number/ and https://leetcode.com/problems/missing-number/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/first-missing-positive/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-missing-positive-number/

    6. Pattern: In-place Reversal of a LinkedList
    https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-linked-list/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-linked-list-ii/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-nodes-in-k-group/
    # Next question is the same, but alternate each subgroup
    https://leetcode.com/problems/rotate-list/

    7. Pattern: Tree Breadth First Search
    https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-level-order-traversal/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-level-order-traversal-ii/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-zigzag-level-order-traversal/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-depth-of-binary-tree/
    https://leetcode.com/problems/inorder-successor-in-bst/ # Close, not exact
    https://leetcode.com/problems/populating-next-right-pointers-in-each-node/ # Close, grokk assumes non-perfect tree
    # Next question is the same, but connect end nodes to the next level instead of null
    https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-right-side-view/

    8. Pattern: Tree Depth First Search
    9. Pattern: Two Heaps
    10. Pattern: Subsets
    11. Pattern: Modified Binary Search
    12. Pattern: Bitwise XOR
    13. Pattern: Top 'K' elements
    14. Pattern: K-way merge
    15. Pattern: 0/1 Knapsack
    16. Pattern: Topological Sort
    17.
    https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-largest-element-in-an-array/