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).
public int threeSumClosest(int[] nums, int target) {
Arrays.sort(nums);
int temp = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
int last = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < nums.length - 2; i++){
int j = i + 1;
int k = nums.length - 1;
while (j < k){
if(nums[i] + nums[j] + nums[k] == target){
return target;
}else if(nums[i] + nums[j] + nums[k] < target){
int three = nums[j] + nums[k] + nums[i];
int gap = Math.abs(three - target);
if(gap < temp){
temp = gap;
last = nums[j] + nums[k] + nums[i];
}
j++;
}else{
int three = nums[j] + nums[k] + nums[i];
int gap = Math.abs(three - target);
if(gap < temp){
temp = gap;
last = nums[j] + nums[k] + nums[i];
}
k--;
}
}
}
return last;
}