3Sum Closest

IF
AlgoAxiomStaff Engineers
JSTS
Medium20 mins

Given an integer array nums of length n and an integer target, find three integers in nums such that the sum is closest to target. Return the sum of the three integers.

You may assume that each input would have exactly one solution.

Examples

Example 1:

Input: nums = [-1, 2, 1, -4], target = 1

Output: 2

Explanation: The sum that is closest to the target is 2, which comes from (-1 + 2 + 1 = 2).

Example 2:

Input: nums = [0, 0, 0], target = 1

Output: 0

Explanation: The sum that is closest to the target is 0, which comes from (0 + 0 + 0 = 0).

Example 3:

Input: nums = [1, 1, 1, 0], target = -100

Output: 2

Explanation: The sum that is closest to the target is 2, which comes from (0 + 1 + 1 = 2).

Constraints

  • 3 <= nums.length <= 500
  • -1000 <= nums[i] <= 1000
  • -10⁴ <= target <= 10⁴
Source: Two Pointers pattern — AlgoAxiom
JavaScript
Test Case 1
root = [1, 2, 3]
Test Case 2
root = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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