Least number of unique integers after k removals

class Solution:
    def findLeastNumOfUniqueInts(self, arr: List[int], k: int) -> int:
        count = collections.Counter(arr)
        num = len(count)
        values = list(count.values())
        values.sort()
        for i in range(len(values)):
            if k - values[i] < 0:
                break
            k -= values[i]
            num -= 1

        return num

Least Number of Unique Integers after K Removals

Difficulty: Medium


Given an array of integers arr and an integer k. Find the least number of unique integers after removing exactly k elements.

 

Example 1:

Input: arr = [5,5,4], k = 1
Output: 1
Explanation: Remove the single 4, only 5 is left.

Example 2:

Input: arr = [4,3,1,1,3,3,2], k = 3
Output: 2
Explanation: Remove 4, 2 and either one of the two 1s or three 3s. 1 and 3 will be left.

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= arr.length <= 10^5
  • 1 <= arr[i] <= 10^9
  • 0 <= k <= arr.length