Solution: Rearrange Sorted Array in Max/Min Form

Let’s solve the Rearrange Sorted Array in Max/Min Form problem.

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Statement

We're given a sorted array, nums, containing positive integers only. We have to rearrange the array so that when returned, the 0th0^{th} index of the array will have the largest number, the 1st1^{st} index will have the smallest number, the 2nd2^{nd} index will have the second largest number, the 3rd3^{rd} index will have the second smallest number, and so on.

In the end, we’ll have the largest remaining numbers in descending order and the smallest in ascending order at even and odd positions, respectively.

Constraints:

  • 0≤0 \leq nums.length ≤103\leq 10^3

  • 1≤1 \leq nums[i] ≤105\leq 10^5

Solution 1: Create a new array

In this solution, we start by initializing an empty array, result, where we populate elements from the given input array, nums, in a specific order before returning it. The solution involves iterating from the start of nums up to its midpoint, where we calculate this midpoint as such:

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