Shortest Sublist to Sort
Given a list of integers nums
, return the length of the shortest sublist in nums
which if sorted would make nums
sorted in ascending order.
Constraints
n ≤ 100,000
wheren
is the length ofnums
https://binarysearch.com/problems/Shortest-Sublist-to-Sort
Examples
Example 1
Input
- nums =
[5, 4, 3, 2, 8, 9]
Output
- answer =
4
Explanation
Sorting the sublist [5, 4, 3, 2]
would get us [2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9]
Example 2
Input
- nums =
[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 8, 5]
Output
- answer =
3
Explanation
Sorting the sublist [9, 8, 5]
would get us [1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 8, 9]
Example 3
Input
- nums =
[0, 1, 4, 3, 8, 9]
Output
- answer =
2
Explanation
Sorting the sublist [4, 3]
would get us [0, 1, 3, 4, 8, 9]
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