Array Prefix Minimum Problem Solution in Java

🚀 Day 85 of #100DaysOfCode Today I practiced a simple yet useful array prefix minimum problem. 🔹 Problem Given an array cost, return a new array where each element represents the minimum cost encountered from the start up to that index. 🔹 Approach I used a running minimum technique: Maintain a variable min to track the smallest value seen so far. Traverse the array. Update min using Math.min(min, cost[i]). Store the current minimum in the result array. 🔹 Time Complexity ⏱ O(n) – Single pass through the array. 🔹 Space Complexity 📦 O(n) – For storing the result array. 🔹 Key Learning This is a classic prefix computation pattern where we keep track of information while traversing the array. #DSA #Java #Programming #CodingJourney #100DaysOfCode #SoftwareEngineering

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