3Sum Closest
Given an array S of n integers, find three integers in S such that the sum is closest to a given number, target. Return the sum of the three integers. You may assume that each input would have exactly one solution.
For example, given array S = {-1 2 1 -4}, and target = 1. The sum that is closest to the target is 2. (-1 + 2 + 1 = 2).
My Code
class Solution {
public:
int threeSumClosest(vector<int>& nums, int target) {
int size = nums.size();
int result = 0;
sort(nums.begin(), nums.end());
int min_dis = INT_MAX;
for (int i = 0; i < size - 2; i++)
{
// Omit duplicate numbers
if (i > 0 && nums[i] == nums[i-1])
continue;
int last_idx = size - 1;
while (last_idx > i + 1 && nums[i] + nums[i+1] + nums[last_idx] >= target)
last_idx--;
// All subsequent sets are increasing and not smaller than target
if (last_idx == i + 1)
{
int sum = nums[i] + nums[i+1] + nums[i+2];
int cur_dis = abs(sum - target);
if (min_dis > cur_dis)
{
min_dis = cur_dis;
result = sum;
}
break;
}
int n = last_idx;
for (int m = i + 1; m < size - 1; m++)
{
if (m > i + 1 && nums[m] == nums[m-1])
continue;
// n moves left from last_idx
while (n > m && nums[i] + nums[m] + nums[n] >= target)
n--;
int small_sum = nums[i] + nums[m] + nums[n], large_sum = small_sum;
int nn = n + 1;
while (nn < size && nums[n] == nums[nn])
nn++;
if (nn < size)
large_sum = nums[i] + nums[m] + nums[nn];
int large_sum_dis = abs(large_sum - target), small_sum_dis = abs(small_sum - target);
if (large_sum_dis < small_sum_dis)
{
if (min_dis > large_sum_dis)
{
result = large_sum;
min_dis = large_sum_dis;
}
}
else
{
if (min_dis > small_sum_dis)
{
result = small_sum;
min_dis = small_sum_dis;
}
}
if (min_dis == 0)
return result;
// All subsequent sets are increasing and not smaller than target
if (nums[i] + nums[m] + nums[n] > target)
break;
}
}
return result;
}
};
Runtime:
16 ms