add a solution for 1570

Author: fishercoder1534

src/main/java/com/fishercoder/solutions/_1570.java

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package com.fishercoder.solutions;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
 public class _1570 {
     public static class Solution1 {
-        /**This is a brute force but accepted solution.
-         * More optimal solution:
-         *  use a map to store only non-zero values and use the smaller vector to do multiplication to reduce space and save time.*/
+        /**
+         * This is a brute force but accepted solution.
+         */
         class SparseVector {
             int[] vector;
 
@@ -23,4 +26,66 @@ public int dotProduct(SparseVector vec) {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    public static class Solution2 {
+        /**
+         * More optimal solution:
+         * 1. use a map to store only non-zero values to save space;
+         * 2. loop through the smaller list;
+         * 3. use binary search to find the corresponding index in the bigger list if it exists;
+         */
+        class SparseVector {
+            private List<int[]> indexAndNumList;
+
+            SparseVector(int[] nums) {
+                this.indexAndNumList = new ArrayList<>();
+                for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
+                    if (nums[i] != 0) {
+                        this.indexAndNumList.add(new int[]{i, nums[i]});
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Return the dotProduct of two sparse vectors
+            public int dotProduct(SparseVector vec) {
+                List<int[]> incoming = vec.indexAndNumList;
+                if (incoming.size() < this.indexAndNumList.size()) {
+                    return dotProduct(incoming, this.indexAndNumList);
+                } else {
+                    return dotProduct(this.indexAndNumList, incoming);
+                }
+            }
+
+            private int dotProduct(List<int[]> smaller, List<int[]> bigger) {
+                int product = 0;
+                for (int[] indexAndNum : smaller) {
+                    int[] exists = binarySearch(bigger, indexAndNum[0]);
+                    if (indexAndNum[0] == exists[0]) {
+                        product += indexAndNum[1] * exists[1];
+                    }
+                }
+                return product;
+            }
+
+            private int[] binarySearch(List<int[]> indexAndNumList, int target) {
+                int left = 0;
+                int right = indexAndNumList.size() - 1;
+                int[] result = new int[]{-1, 0};
+                if (indexAndNumList.get(right)[0] < target || indexAndNumList.get(left)[0] > target) {
+                    return result;
+                }
+                while (left <= right) {
+                    int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;
+                    if (indexAndNumList.get(mid)[0] == target) {
+                        return indexAndNumList.get(mid);
+                    } else if (indexAndNumList.get(mid)[0] > target) {
+                        right = mid - 1;
+                    } else {
+                        left = mid + 1;
+                    }
+                }
+                return new int[]{-1, 0};
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }