Pad or truncate row
A report generator needs every data row to have exactly `size` columns. Given a row of integers, a required size (size >= 0), and a fill value, return the row adjusted to that exact length: if it is too short, append the fill value until it fits; if it is too long, keep only the first `size` entries; if it already fits, return it unchanged. Example: [1, 2] with size 4 and fill 0 becomes [1, 2, 0, 0].
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fit_to_length(row: list[int], size: int, fill: int) → list[int]Examples
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[[1,2],4,0]out[1,2,0,0]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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[[1,2],4,0][1,2,0,0]not run yetsample