Minimum number of days required to complete the work

Last Updated : 02 May, 2025

Given N works numbered from 1 to N. Given two arrays, D1[] and D2[] of N elements each. Also, each work number W(i) is assigned days, D1[i] and D2[i] (Such that, D2[i] < D1[i]) either of which can be completed.
Also, it is mentioned that each work has to be completed according to the non-decreasing date of the array D1[].
The task is to find the minimum number of days required to complete the work in non-decreasing order of days in D1[].

Examples:

Input :
N = 3
D1[] = {5, 3, 4}
D2[] = {2, 1, 2}
Output : 2
Explanation:
3 works are to be completed. The first value on Line(i) is D1(i) and the second value is D2(i) where D2(i) < D1(i). The smart worker can finish the second work on Day 1 and then both third work and first work in Day 2, thus maintaining the non-decreasing order of D1[], [3 4 5].
Input :
N = 6
D1[] = {3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5}
D2[] = {1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 4}
Output : 4

Approach: The solution is greedy. The work(i) can be sorted by increasing D1[i], breaking the ties by increasing D2[i]. If we consider the works in this order, we can try to finish the works as early as possible. First of all complete the first work on D2[1]. Move to the second work. If we can complete it on day D2[2] such that (D2[1]<=D2[2]), do it. Otherwise, do the work on day D[2]. Repeat the process until we complete the N-th work, keeping the day of the latest work.

Below is the implementation of the above approach.

C++

// C++ program to find the minimum
// number days required

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define inf INT_MAX

// Function to find the minimum
// number days required
int minimumDays(int N, int D1[], int D2[])
{
    // initialising ans to least value possible
    int ans = -inf;

    // vector to store the pair of D1(i) and D2(i)
    vector<pair<int, int> > vect;

    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        vect.push_back(make_pair(D1[i], D2[i]));

    // sort by first i.e D(i)
    sort(vect.begin(), vect.end());

    // Calculate the minimum possible days
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
        if (vect[i].second >= ans)
            ans = vect[i].second;
        else
            ans = vect[i].first;
    }

    // return the answer
    return ans;
}

// Driver Code
int main()
{
    // Number of works
    int N = 3;

    // D1[i]
    int D1[] = { 6, 5, 4 };

    // D2[i]
    int D2[] = { 1, 2, 3 };

    cout << minimumDays(N, D1, D2);

    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to find the minimum
// number days required
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;

// pair class for number of days
class Pair {
    int x, y;

    Pair(int a, int b)
    {
        this.x = a;
        this.y = b;
    }
}

class GFG {
    static int inf = Integer.MIN_VALUE;

    // Function to find the minimum
    // number days required
    public static int minimumDays(int N, int D1[], int D2[])
    {
        // initialising ans to
        // least value possible
        int ans = -inf;

        ArrayList<Pair> list = new ArrayList<Pair>();

        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            list.add(new Pair(D1[i], D2[i]));

        // sort by first i.e D(i)
        Collections.sort(list, new Comparator<Pair>() {
            @Override public int compare(Pair p1, Pair p2)
            {
                return p1.x - p2.x;
            }
        });

        // Calculate the minimum possible days
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            if (list.get(i).y >= ans)
                ans = list.get(i).y;
            else
                ans = list.get(i).x;
        }

        return ans;
    }

    // Driver Code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Number of works
        int N = 3;

        // D1[i]
        int D1[] = new int[] { 6, 5, 4 };

        // D2[i]
        int D2[] = new int[] { 1, 2, 3 };

        System.out.print(minimumDays(N, D1, D2));
    }
}

// This code is contributed by Kirti_Mangal

Python

def minDaysWork(n, day1, day2):
    ans = 0

    # List to store the pair of day1(i) and day2(i)
    combined = [[] for i in range(n)]

    for i in range(len(day1)):
        combined[i] = [day1[i], day2[i]]

    # Sort the array
    combined.sort()
    for i in range(len(day1)):
        if (combined[i][1] >= ans):
            ans = combined[i][1]
        else:
            ans = combined[i][0]

    return ans


# Driver Code
# Input taken
N = 3
D1 = [6, 5, 4]
D2 = [1, 2, 3]
print(minDaysWork(N, D1, D2))

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

// pair class for number of days
class Pair {
    public int x, y;

    public Pair(int a, int b) {
        this.x = a;
        this.y = b;
    }
}

class GFG {
    static int inf = int.MinValue;

    // Function to find the minimum
    // number days required
    public static int MinimumDays(int N, int[] D1, int[] D2) {
        // initialising ans to
        // least value possible
        int ans = -inf;

        List<Pair> list = new List<Pair>();

        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            list.Add(new Pair(D1[i], D2[i]));

        // sort by first i.e D(i)
        list.Sort((p1, p2) => p1.x - p2.x);

        // Calculate the minimum possible days
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            if (list[i].y >= ans)
                ans = list[i].y;
            else
                ans = list[i].x;
        }

        return ans;
    }

    // Driver Code
    public static void Main(string[] args) {
        // Number of works
        int N = 3;

        // D1[i]
        int[] D1 = new int[] { 6, 5, 4 };

        // D2[i]
        int[] D2 = new int[] { 1, 2, 3 };

        Console.Write(MinimumDays(N, D1, D2));
    }
}

JavaScript

<script>
 
// Javascript program to find the minimum 
// number days required

// Function to find the minimum 
// number days required
function minimumDays(N, D1, D2)
{
    // initialising ans to least value possible
    var ans = -1000000000;

    // vector to store the pair of D1(i) and D2(i)
    var vect = [];

    for (var i = 0; i < N; i++) 
        vect.push([D1[i], D2[i]]);
    

    // sort by first i.e D(i)
    vect.sort((a,b)=>a-b)

    // Calculate the minimum possible days
    for (var i = 0; i < N; i++) {
        if (vect[i][1] >= ans)
            ans = vect[i][1];
        else
            ans = vect[i][0];
    }

    // return the answer
    return ans;
}

// Driver Code
// Number of works
var N = 3;

// D1[i]
var D1 = [6, 5, 4 ];

// D2[i]
var D2 = [1, 2, 3 ];
document.write( minimumDays(N, D1, D2));


</script>

Output

Time Complexity: O(nlogn)
Auxiliary Space: O(n)

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