Learn essential coding patterns to answer problems and prepare for tech companies' interviews.

Ace the JavaScript Coding Interview

This module teaches us the underlying patterns behind common coding interview questions. By learning these essential patterns, we'll be able to unpack and answer any problem the right way—just by assessing the problem statement. This approach was created by FAANG hiring managers to help us prepare for the typical rounds of interviews at major tech companies like Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon.

By the end of this module, we'll have the skills we need to unlock even the most challenging questions, grok the coding interview, and level up our career with confidence.

Coding Interview Patterns

# Statement

You are given a sorted array of integers, `nums`, and two integers, `target` and `k`. Your task is to return `k` number of integers that are close to the target value, `target`. The integers in the output array should be in a sorted order.

An integer, `nums[i]`, is considered to be closer to `target`, as compared to `nums[j]` when |`nums[i]` - `target`| $<$ |`nums[j]` - `target`|. However, when |`nums[i]` - `target`| $=$ |`nums[j]` - `target`|, the smaller of the two values is selected.

**Constraints:**

- $1 \leq$ `k` $\leq$ `nums.length`
- $1 \leq$ `nums.length` $\leq 10^3$
- `nums` is sorted in ascending order.
- $-10^4 \leq$ `nums[i]`, `target` $\leq 10^4$

Try to solve the Find K Closest Elements problem.