DIY: K Closest Points to Origin
Solve the interview question "K Closest Points to Origin" in this lesson.
We'll cover the following
Problem statement
We have a list of points on the plane. Find the K
closest points to the origin (0, 0)
.
Note: Here, the distance between two points on a plane is the Euclidean distance.
Input
The input will be a list of points and a value k. The following is an example input:
points = [[1,3],[-2,2]]
k = 1
Output
The output will be the k points from the points
list that are closest to the origin. For the above input, the output will be:
[-2,2]
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