FastPrepOptimize Package Order by Sorting One Window

Optimize Package Order by Sorting One Window

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Problem statement

Given an integer array of package priorities and a window size k, choose exactly one contiguous window of length k and sort only that window in ascending order.

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Example 1

packages = [3,2,1,4]k = 3return = [1,2,3,4]

Sorting the first three values produces the smallest possible first element.

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