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There are n people that are split into some unknown number of groups. Each person is labeled with a unique ID from 0 to n - 1.You are given an integer array groupSizes, where groupSizes[i] is the size of the group that person i is in. For example, if groupSizes[1] = 3, then person 1 must be in a group of size 3.Return a list of groups such that each person i is in a group of size groupSizes[i].Each person should appear in exactly one group, and every person must be in a group. If there are multiple answers, return any of them. It is guaranteed that there will be at least one valid solution for the given input. Example 1:Input: groupSizes = [3,3,3,3,3,1,3]Output: [[5],[0,1,2],[3,4,6]]Explanation: The first group is [5]. The size is 1, and groupSizes[5] = 1.The second group is [0,1,2]. The size is 3, and groupSizes[0] = groupSizes[1] = groupSizes[2] = 3.The third group is [3,4,6]. The size is 3, and groupSizes[3] = groupSizes[4] = groupSizes[6] = 3.Other possible solutions are [[2,1,6],[5],[0,4,3]] and [[5],[0,6,2],[4,3,1]].Example 2:Input: groupSizes = [2,1,3,3,3,2]Output: [[1],[0,5],[2,3,4]]

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There are n people that are split into some unknown number of groups. Each person is labeled with a unique ID from 0 to n - 1.You are given an integer array groupSizes, where groupSizes[i] is the size of the group that person i is in. For example, if groupSizes[1] = 3, then person 1 must be in a group of size 3.Return a list of groups such that each person i is in a group of size groupSizes[i].Each person should appear in exactly one group, and every person must be in a group. If there are multiple answers, return any of them. It is guaranteed that there will be at least one valid solution for the given input. Example 1:Input: groupSizes = [3,3,3,3,3,1,3]Output: [[5],[0,1,2],[3,4,6]]Explanation: The first group is [5]. The size is 1, and groupSizes[5] = 1.The second group is [0,1,2]. The size is 3, and groupSizes[0] = groupSizes[1] = groupSizes[2] = 3.The third group is [3,4,6]. The size is 3, and groupSizes[3] = groupSizes[4] = groupSizes[6] = 3.Other possible solutions are [[2,1,6],[5],[0,4,3]] and [[5],[0,6,2],[4,3,1]].Example 2:Input: groupSizes = [2,1,3,3,3,2]Output: [[1],[0,5],[2,3,4]]

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Solution

To solve this problem, you can use a dictionary to store the groups. The keys of the dictionary will be the group sizes and the values will be the groups themselves.

Here is a Python solution:

def groupThePeople(groupSizes):
    groups = {}
    result = []
    for i, size in enumerate(groupSizes):
        if size not in groups:
            groups[size] = []
        groups[size].append(i)
        if len(groups[size]) == size:
            result.append(groups[size])
            groups[size] = []
    return result

This function works by iterating over the groupSizes list. For each person (represented by their index i), it adds them to the group of their size in the groups dictionary. If the group is full (i.e., its length equals its size), it adds the group to the result list and resets the group in the dictionary.

For example, if you call groupThePeople([3,3,3,3,3,1,3]), it will return [[0, 1, 2], [3, 4, 6], [5]].

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