DIY: 3Sum Closest
Solve the interview question "3Sum Closest" in this lesson.
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Problem statement
You are given an integer array nums
and an integer variable target
as inputs. Your task is to find the three numbers in the given array that sum closest to the value target
. You must return the sum of these three numbers.
Constraints
3 <= nums.length <= 1000
-1000 <= nums[i] <= 1000
- - <=
target
<=
Input
The inputs of the function are an integer array and an integer variable. The following is an example input:
nums = [-2,3,2,-4]
target = 2
Output
The following is the output for the above input:
1
Coding exercise
Implement the ThreeSumClosest(nums, target)
function, where the nums
is an integer array and target
is the integer variable and returns the interger number.
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