LeetCode 16. 3Sum Closest

LeetCode 16. 3Sum Closest

Description:

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.

Example:

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).

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分析：

首先对数组nums排序，确定第一个数为nums[i]，设定变量begin = i + 1，end = n - 1；
如果当前sum等于target，则begin++，end--；
如果当前sum大于target，则end--；
如果当前sum小于target，则begin++；
然后每次根据sum与target的差值更新result。
注意，result为long类型，避免一开始是INT_MAX最大值，int类型减去一个负数后造成溢出错误。

代码如下：

class Solution {
public:
    int threeSumClosest(vector<int>& nums, int target) {
        long result = INT_MAX;
        int n = nums.size();
        sort(nums.begin(), nums.end());
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            int begin = i + 1, end = n - 1;
            while (begin < end) {
                int sum = nums[i] + nums[begin] + nums[end];
                if (sum == target) {
                    begin++;
                    end--;
                }
                else if (sum > target) {
                    end--;
                }
                else {
                    begin++;
                }
                if (abs(sum - target) < abs(result - target)) {
                    result = sum;
                }
            }
        }
        return (int)result;
    }
};