Code RoomSmaller right elements
HardPrep Room Coding #118

Smaller right elements

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresSenior–Staff~35 min

Given an integer array `nums`, return an array `counts` where `counts[i]` is the number of elements to the RIGHT of index i that are strictly smaller than `nums[i]`. Aim for O(n log n). Values may be negative and may repeat. `0 <= len(nums) <= 100000`, `-10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9`.

Implement
count_smaller_after(nums: list[int]) → list[int]
Examples
in[[5,2,6,1]]out[2,1,1,0]
What a strong answer looks like

State your approach and its time/space complexity out loud before you optimize. Handle the edge cases (empty input, duplicates, overflow), and say why you chose this over the brute force. Green tests are the floor, not the grade.

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InputExpectedGot
[[5,2,6,1]][2,1,1,0]not run yetsample