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 class Solution {
public int threeSumClosest(int[] num, int target) {
int result = 0;
Arrays.sort(num);
int diff = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
for(int i = 0; i < num.length - 2; i++){
if(i == 0 || num[i] != num[i - 1]){
int start = i + 1;
int end = num.length - 1;
while(start < end){
int value = num[start] + num[end] + num[i];
if(value == target){
return target;
} else if(value < target){
if(target - value < diff){
diff = target - value;
result = value;
}
start++;
} else {
if(value - target < diff){
diff = value - target;
result = value;
}
end--;
}
}
}
}
return result;
}
}