leetcode/0238_product-of-array-except-self/python3/solution.py

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from functools import reduce
class Solution:
def productExceptSelf(self, nums: List[int]) -> List[int]:
# We can divide this problem by finding the prefix and
# postfix products of a given element and then multiplying
# them together
result = [0] * len(nums)
# Find prefix products, i.e, for ith element, store
# product of 0 to a[i - 1]
prefix = 1
for i, num in enumerate(nums):
result[i] = prefix
prefix *= num
# Find suffix products by iterating from the last, and
# combine them with prefix in the same step to reduce cost
suffix = 1
for i in range(len(nums) - 1, -1, -1):
result[i] *= suffix
suffix *= nums[i]
return result