CodingEasycod-g1444

Subject GreedyLevel Entry–Mid~11 minCommon in Algorithms & data structures interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

You are given a list of item sizes and a batch limit. Split the list into the fewest possible batches of consecutive items, keeping the original order, such that no batch's total size exceeds the limit. Every individual size is at most the limit. Return the number of batches. Example: sizes [4, 4, 3, 6] with limit 8 needs 3 batches: [4, 4], [3], [6].

Implement

min_batches(sizes: list[int], limit: int) → int

Examples

in[[4,4,3,6],8]out3

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