LeetCode 1898. Maximum Number of Removable Characters

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const int N = 100000;
bool st[N];
class Solution {
public:
int maximumRemovals(string s, string p, vector<int>& removable) {
auto check = [&](int mid) {
for (int i = 0; i < s.size(); ++i) st[i] = false;
for (int i = 0; i < mid; ++i) st[removable[i]] = true;
int i = 0, j = 0;
while (i < s.size() && j < p.size()) {
if (st[i]) {
++i;
continue;
}
if (s[i] == p[j]) ++j;
++i;
}
return j == p.size();
};
int l = 0, r = removable.size();
while (l < r) {
int mid = l + r + 1 >> 1;
if (check(mid)) l = mid;
else r = mid - 1;
}
return r;
}
};