task-scheduler-ii.py

# Time:  O(n)
# Space: O(n)

import collections


# hash table
class Solution(object):
    def taskSchedulerII(self, tasks, space):
        """
        :type tasks: List[int]
        :type space: int
        :rtype: int
        """
        lookup = collections.defaultdict(int)
        result = 0
        for t in tasks:
            result = max(lookup[t], result+1)
            lookup[t] = result+space+1
        return result