2149. Rearrange Array Elements by Sign

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Problem

You are given a 0-indexed integer array nums of even length consisting of an equal number of positive and negative integers.

You should rearrange the elements of nums such that the modified array follows the given conditions:

Return the modified array after rearranging the elements to satisfy the aforementioned conditions.

  Example 1:

Input: nums = [3,1,-2,-5,2,-4]
Output: [3,-2,1,-5,2,-4]
Explanation:
The positive integers in nums are [3,1,2]. The negative integers are [-2,-5,-4].
The only possible way to rearrange them such that they satisfy all conditions is [3,-2,1,-5,2,-4].
Other ways such as [1,-2,2,-5,3,-4], [3,1,2,-2,-5,-4], [-2,3,-5,1,-4,2] are incorrect because they do not satisfy one or more conditions.  

Example 2:

Input: nums = [-1,1]
Output: [1,-1]
Explanation:
1 is the only positive integer and -1 the only negative integer in nums.
So nums is rearranged to [1,-1].

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Solution (Java)

class Solution {
    public int[] rearrangeArray(int[] nums) {
        int[] negatives = new int[nums.length / 2];
        int[] positives = new int[nums.length / 2];
        int[] result = new int[nums.length];
        int pPtr = 0;
        int nPtr = 0;
        int rPtr = 0;
        for (int num : nums) {
            if (num > 0) {
                positives[pPtr++] = num;
            } else {
                negatives[nPtr++] = num;
            }
        }
        pPtr = 0;
        nPtr = 0;
        while (pPtr < positives.length && nPtr < negatives.length) {
            result[rPtr++] = positives[pPtr++];
            result[rPtr++] = negatives[nPtr++];
        }
        return result;
    }
}

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