3Sum Closest Leetcode Python Java

16. 3Sum Closest

Total Accepted: 82615 Total Submissions: 279812 Difficulty: Medium

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).

Python:

class Solution:
    # @return an integer
    def threeSumClosest(self, num, target):
        num.sort()
        result = num[0] + num[1] + num[2]
        for i in range(len(num) - 2):
            j, k = i+1, len(num) - 1
            while j < k:
                sum = num[i] + num[j] + num[k]
                if sum == target:
                    return sum

                if abs(sum - target) < abs(result - target):
                    result = sum

                if sum < target:
                    j += 1
                elif sum > target:
                    k -= 1

        return result

Java:

public class Solution {
    public int threeSumClosest(int[] num, int target) {
        int result = num[0] + num[1] + num[num.length - 1];
        Arrays.sort(num);
        for (int i = 0; i < num.length - 2; i++) {
            int start = i + 1, end = num.length - 1;
            while (start < end) {
                int sum = num[i] + num[start] + num[end];
                if (sum > target) {
                    end--;
                } else {
                    start++;
                }
                if (Math.abs(sum - target) < Math.abs(result - target)) {
                    result = sum;
                }
            }
        }
        return result;
    }
}