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Cut the sticks

  • patrickgao2020
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    Here is my Python solution! Using a while loop, we continually cut the sticks and remove the ones that have the least length and add the amount of sticks remaining to the answer.

    def cutTheSticks(arr):
    answer = []
    while len(arr) != 0 or len(set(arr)) == 1:
        answer.append(len(arr))
        shortest = min(arr)
        arr = [stick - shortest for stick in arr if stick != shortest]
    return answer