# 1482. Minimum Number of Days to Make m Bouquets """ given an integer array 'bloomDay', an integer 'm', and an integer 'k'. you want to make 'm' bouquets. to make a bouquet, you need to use 'k' adjacent flowers from the garden. the garden consists of 'n' flowers, the i'th flower will bloom in the 'bloomDay[i]' and then can be used in exactly one bouquet. return the minimum number of days you need to wait to be able to make 'm' bouquets from the garden. if it is impossible to make 'm' bouquets, return -1 """ class Solution(object): def minDays(self, bloomDay, m, k): """ :type bloomDay: List[int] :type m: int :type k: int :rtype: int """ if m * k > len(bloomDay): return -1 left, right = 1, max(bloomDay) while left < right: mid = (left + right) / 2 flow, bouq = 0, 0 for i in bloomDay: flow = 0 if i > mid else flow + 1 if flow >= k: flow = 0 bouq += 1 if bouq == m: break if bouq == m: right = mid else: left = mid + 1 return left if __name__ == "__main__": obj = Solution() print(obj.minDays(bloomDay=[1, 10, 3, 10, 2], m=3, k=1)) print(obj.minDays(bloomDay=[1, 10, 3, 10, 2], m=3, k=2)) print(obj.minDays(bloomDay=[7, 7, 7, 7, 12, 7, 7], m=2, k=3))