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).
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class Solution {
public:
int threeSumClosest(vector<int>& nums, int target) {
int result = 0;
int min_gap = INT_MAX;
sort(nums.begin(),nums.end());
for(auto a = nums.begin(); a != prev(nums.end(),2);++a)
{
auto b = next(a);
auto c = prev(nums.end());
while(b < c)
{
int sum = *a + *b + *c;
int gap = abs(sum - target);
if(gap < min_gap)
{
result = sum;
min_gap = gap;
}
if(sum < target) ++b;
else --c;
}
}
return result;
}
};