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).
Solution: Time O(n^2)
same idea as 3 Sum
find minimum difference: abs(sum-target)
public int threeSumClosest(int[] num, int target) {
Arrays.sort(num);
int min=Integer.MAX_VALUE;
int result=0;
int len=num.length;
for(int i=0;i<len-2;i++){
int start=i+1;
int end=len-1;
while(start<end){
int sum=num[i]+num[start]+num[end];
int diff=Math.abs(sum-target);
if(diff<min){
min=diff;
result=sum;
System.out.println(min);
//start++;
//end--;
}else if(target>sum){
start++;
}else{
end--;
}
}
}
return result;
}