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| | | 11 | | |
| | | 12 | | namespace LeetCode.Algorithms.MinimumDifferenceBetweenLargestAndSmallestValueInThreeMoves; |
| | | 13 | | |
| | | 14 | | /// <inheritdoc /> |
| | | 15 | | public class MinimumDifferenceBetweenLargestAndSmallestValueInThreeMovesSorting : |
| | | 16 | | IMinimumDifferenceBetweenLargestAndSmallestValueInThreeMoves |
| | | 17 | | { |
| | | 18 | | /// <summary> |
| | | 19 | | /// Time complexity - O(n log n) |
| | | 20 | | /// Space complexity - O(log n) |
| | | 21 | | /// </summary> |
| | | 22 | | /// <param name="nums"></param> |
| | | 23 | | /// <returns></returns> |
| | | 24 | | public int MinDifference(int[] nums) |
| | 4 | 25 | | { |
| | 4 | 26 | | if (nums.Length <= 4) |
| | 2 | 27 | | { |
| | 2 | 28 | | return 0; |
| | | 29 | | } |
| | | 30 | | |
| | 2 | 31 | | Array.Sort(nums); |
| | | 32 | | |
| | 2 | 33 | | var minDifference = int.MaxValue; |
| | | 34 | | |
| | 20 | 35 | | for (var left = 0; left < 4; left++) |
| | 8 | 36 | | { |
| | 8 | 37 | | var right = nums.Length - 4 + left; |
| | | 38 | | |
| | 8 | 39 | | minDifference = Math.Min(minDifference, nums[right] - nums[left]); |
| | 8 | 40 | | } |
| | | 41 | | |
| | 2 | 42 | | return minDifference; |
| | 4 | 43 | | } |
| | | 44 | | } |