题目
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).
思路
有了上一道题的基础,这道题不是太难,也是Two Pointers的思想。对于排过序的数组中的任意元素nums[i],在[i+1,n-1]下标区间内寻找两个数使这三个数的和最接近target,注意这里的最接近是基于两者之差的绝对值。
代码
public class Solution {
public int threeSumClosest(int[] nums, int target) {
int n = nums.length;
if (nums == null || n < 3)
return 0;
Arrays.sort(nums);
int closestSum = nums[0] + nums[1] + nums[2];
if (closestSum >= target)
return closestSum;
for (int i = 0;i < n - 2;i++) {
int l = i + 1;
int r = n - 1;
while (l < r) {
int sum = nums[i] + nums[l] + nums[r];
if (Math.abs(sum - target) < Math.abs(closestSum - target))
closestSum = sum;
if (sum == target)
return sum;
else if (target > sum)
l++;
else
r--;
}
}
return closestSum;
}
}