import java.util.*;
public class MaxZeroesAfterOperations {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Sample input array as given in the problem
List<Integer> arr = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(4, 3, 5,5,3));
int maxZeroes = findMaxZeroes(arr);
System.out.println("Maximum number of zeroes after operations: " + maxZeroes);
}
// Function to find the maximum number of zeroes after performing the operations
public static int findMaxZeroes(List<Integer> arr) {
// Find the minimum value in the ArrayList
int minValue = Collections.min(arr);
// Perform 'minValue' operations on the entire ArrayList (since prefix can be the whole list)
for (int i = 0; i < arr.size(); i++) {
arr.set(i, arr.get(i) - minValue);
}
// Count the number of zeroes in the resulting ArrayList
int zeroCount = 0;
for (int value : arr) {
if (value == 0) {
zeroCount++;
}
}
// Additional operations to decrease prefix by 1 until no more possible
// Each time, we attempt to maximize zeroes
while (Collections.max(arr) > 0) {
for (int i = 0; i < arr.size(); i++) {
if (arr.get(i) > 0) {
arr.set(i, arr.get(i) - 1);
}
}
// Recount zeroes
int currentZeroCount = 0;
for (int value : arr) {
if (value == 0) {
currentZeroCount++;
}
}
zeroCount = Math.max(zeroCount, currentZeroCount);
}
return zeroCount;
}
}
