Minimum Operations to Make Array Values Equal to K
You are given an integer array nums and an integer k.
You are given an integer array nums and an integer k.
An integer h is called valid if all values in the array that are strictly greater than h are identical.
For example, if nums = [10, 8, 10, 8], a valid integer is h = 9 because all nums[i] > 9 are equal to 10, but 5 is not a valid integer.
You are allowed to perform the following operation on nums:
Return the minimum number of operations required to make every element in nums equal to k. If it is impossible to make all elements equal to k, return -1.
Example 1
Input: nums = [5,2,5,4,5], k = 2
Output: 2
Explanation: The operations can be performed in order using valid integers 4 and then 2.
Example 2
Input: nums = [2,1,2], k = 2
Output: -1
Explanation: It is impossible to make all the values equal to 2.
Example 3
Input: nums = [9,7,5,3], k = 1
Output: 4
Explanation: The operations can be performed using valid integers in the order 7, 5, 3, and 1.
Constraints
- 1 <= nums.length <= 100
- 1 <= nums[i] <= 100
- 1 <= k <= 100
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