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# Exam Room

In an exam room, there are `N` seats in a single row, numbered `0, 1, 2, ..., N-1`.

When a student enters the room, they must sit in the seat that maximizes the distance to the closest person.  If there are multiple such seats, they sit in the seat with the lowest number.  (Also, if no one is in the room, then the student sits at seat number 0.)

Return a class `ExamRoom(int N)` that exposes two functions: `ExamRoom.seat()` returning an `int` representing what seat the student sat in, and `ExamRoom.leave(int p)` representing that the student in seat number `p` now leaves the room.  It is guaranteed that any calls to `ExamRoom.leave(p)` have a student sitting in seat `p`.

**Example 1:**

```
Input: ["ExamRoom","seat","seat","seat","seat","leave","seat"], [[10],[],[],[],[],[4],[]]
Output: [null,0,9,4,2,null,5]
Explanation:
ExamRoom(10) -> null
seat() -> 0, no one is in the room, then the student sits at seat number 0.
seat() -> 9, the student sits at the last seat number 9.
seat() -> 4, the student sits at the last seat number 4.
seat() -> 2, the student sits at the last seat number 2.
leave(4) -> null
seat() -> 5, the student sits at the last seat number 5.
```

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**Note:**

1. `1 <= N <= 10^9`
2. `ExamRoom.seat()` and `ExamRoom.leave()` will be called at most `10^4` times across all test cases.
3. Calls to `ExamRoom.leave(p)` are guaranteed to have a student currently sitting in seat number `p`.

```java
class ExamRoom {
    int N;
    // List of seats occupied (sorted)
    ArrayList<Integer> L = new ArrayList<>();

    public ExamRoom(int n) {
        N = n;
    }

    public int seat() {
        // If the room is empty, then sit on 0th seat
        if (L.size() == 0) {
            L.add(0);
            return 0;
        }
        // Distance from front and back of row
        int d = Math.max(L.get(0), N - 1 - L.get(L.size() - 1));
        // Distance between 2 students /2
        for (int i = 0; i < L.size() - 1; ++i)
            d = Math.max(d, (L.get(i + 1) - L.get(i)) / 2);
        // Sit at the front
        if (L.get(0) == d) {
            L.add(0, 0);
            return 0;
        }
        // Sit in between
        for (int i = 0; i < L.size() - 1; ++i)
            if ((L.get(i + 1) - L.get(i)) / 2 == d) {
                L.add(i + 1, (L.get(i + 1) + L.get(i)) / 2);
                return L.get(i + 1);
            }
        // Sit at the back
        L.add(N - 1);
        return N - 1;
    }

    public void leave(int p) {
        for (int i = 0; i < L.size(); ++i)
            if (L.get(i) == p)
                L.remove(i);
    }
}
```