Code RoomCoin change
MediumPrep Room Coding #1575

Coin change

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresMid–Senior~25 min

Given coin denominations and a target amount, return the fewest coins that sum to the amount, or -1 if it cannot be made.

Implement
coin_change(coins: list[int], amount: int) → int
Examples
in[[1,2,5],11]out3
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
[[1,2,5],11]3not run yetsample