# [390. Elimination Game](https://leetcode.com/problems/elimination-game/) ## 题目 You have a list `arr` of all integers in the range `[1, n]` sorted in a strictly increasing order. Apply the following algorithm on `arr`: - Starting from left to right, remove the first number and every other number afterward until you reach the end of the list. - Repeat the previous step again, but this time from right to left, remove the rightmost number and every other number from the remaining numbers. - Keep repeating the steps again, alternating left to right and right to left, until a single number remains. Given the integer `n`, return *the last number that remains in* `arr`. **Example 1:** ``` Input: n = 9 Output: 6 Explanation: arr = [1, 2,3, 4,5, 6,7, 8,9] arr = [2,4, 6,8] arr = [2, 6] arr = [6] ``` **Example 2:** ``` Input: n = 1 Output: 1 ``` **Constraints:** - `1 <= n <= 109` ## 题目大意 列表 arr 由在范围 [1, n] 中的所有整数组成,并按严格递增排序。请你对 arr 应用下述算法: - 从左到右,删除第一个数字,然后每隔一个数字删除一个,直到到达列表末尾。 - 重复上面的步骤,但这次是从右到左。也就是,删除最右侧的数字,然后剩下的数字每隔一个删除一个。 - 不断重复这两步,从左到右和从右到左交替进行,直到只剩下一个数字。 给你整数 n ,返回 arr 最后剩下的数字。 ## 解题思路 - 模拟题。按照题意,第一轮从左往右删除数字,第二轮从右往左删除数字。题目要求最后剩下的数字,模拟过程中不需要真的删除元素。只需要标记起始元素,该轮步长和方向即可。最后总元素只剩下一个即为所求。 ## 代码 ```go package leetcode func lastRemaining(n int) int { start, dir, step := 1, true, 1 for n > 1 { if dir { // 正向 start += step } else { // 反向 if n%2 == 1 { start += step } } dir = !dir n >>= 1 step <<= 1 } return start } ```