IRCTC Waitlist Confirmation Cascade
IRCTC Waitlist Confirmation Cascade
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In IRCTC's waitlist system, when a passenger cancels their ticket, multiple waitlisted passengers get confirmed based on their position. Given a cancellation and waitlist position array, determine the total number of passengers confirmed in this cascade event.
Approach
Given the number of cancellations and an array of waitlist positions, count how many passengers get confirmed when seats become available.
Input
cancellations=3
waitlist=[5,2,8,1,9,3]
Output
3
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