Problem · Array

Track Package Receipt Gaps

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Problem statement

Process a finite sequence of package-receipt operations. Each row of operations has one of these forms:

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Example 1

operations = [["receive","2"],["receive","0"],["report"],["receive","1"],["report"]]return = [[0,2,1],[2,2]]

At the first report, IDs 0 and 2 have arrived. The contiguous prefix ends at 0, the maximum is 2, and ID 1 is missing. After receiving ID 1, the complete prefix ends at 2 and there are no gaps.

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