605. Can Place Flowers

https://leetcode.com/problems/can-place-flowers/

Python

First try

class Solution:
    def canPlaceFlowers(self, flowerbed: List[int], n: int) -> bool:
        if not n:
            return True

        flowerbed = [0] + flowerbed + [0]

        i = 1
        while i < len(flowerbed)-1:
            if flowerbed[i] == 1:
                i += 1
                continue

            if flowerbed[i-1] == 0 and flowerbed[i+1] == 0:
                n -= 1
                flowerbed[i] = 1
                if n == 0:
                    return True
            i += 1

        return False

Second Try

class Solution:
    def canPlaceFlowers(self, flowerbed: List[int], n: int) -> bool:
        if not n:
            return True

        flowerbed = [0] + flowerbed + [0]

        for i in range(1, len(flowerbed)-1):
            if flowerbed[i] == 1:
                continue

            if flowerbed[i-1] == 0 and flowerbed[i+1] == 0:
                n -= 1
                flowerbed[i] = 1

            if n == 0:
                return True

        return False