0330. Patching Array

https://leetcode.com/problems/patching-array

Description

Given a sorted integer array nums and an integer n, add/patch elements to the array such that any number in the range [1, n] inclusive can be formed by the sum of some elements in the array.

Return the minimum number of patches required.

Example 1:

**Input:** nums = [1,3], n = 6
**Output:** 1
Explanation:
Combinations of nums are [1], [3], [1,3], which form possible sums of: 1, 3, 4.
Now if we add/patch 2 to nums, the combinations are: [1], [2], [3], [1,3], [2,3], [1,2,3].
Possible sums are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, which now covers the range [1, 6].
So we only need 1 patch.

Example 2:

**Input:** nums = [1,5,10], n = 20
**Output:** 2
Explanation: The two patches can be [2, 4].

Example 3:

**Input:** nums = [1,2,2], n = 5
**Output:** 0

Constraints:

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 1000

  • 1 <= nums[i] <= 104

  • nums is sorted in ascending order.

  • 1 <= n <= 231 - 1

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