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  • saivardhan96
    4 months ago+ 0 comments
    >>>>>>> JAVA SOLUTION <<<<<<<
    public static List<Integer> cutTheSticks(List<Integer> a) {
        Collections.sort(a);
        List<Integer> ans=new ArrayList<Integer>();
    
        int pointer=0;
        int fin=a.get(a.size()-1);
        while(true){
            int small=a.get(pointer);
            ans.add(a.size()-pointer);
            if(small==fin) break;
            while (a.get(pointer) == small ) {
                pointer++;
            }
        }
        return ans;
    }
    
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