Smallest Range II Problem
Description
LeetCode Problem 910.
You are given an integer array nums and an integer k.
For each index i where 0 <= i < nums.length, change nums[i] to be either nums[i] + k or nums[i] - k.
The score of nums is the difference between the maximum and minimum elements in nums.
Return the minimum score of nums after changing the values at each index.
Example 1:
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Input: nums = [1], k = 0
Output: 0
Explanation: The score is max(nums) - min(nums) = 1 - 1 = 0.
Example 2:
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Input: nums = [0,10], k = 2
Output: 6
Explanation: Change nums to be [2, 8]. The score is max(nums) - min(nums) = 8 - 2 = 6.
Example 3:
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Input: nums = [1,3,6], k = 3
Output: 3
Explanation: Change nums to be [4, 6, 3]. The score is max(nums) - min(nums) = 6 - 3 = 3.
Constraints:
- 1 <= nums.length <= 10^4
- 0 <= nums[i] <= 10^4
- 0 <= k <= 10^4
Sample C++ Code
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class Solution {
public:
int smallestRangeII(vector<int>& A, int K) {
sort(A.begin(), A.end());
int res = A[A.size() - 1] - A[0];
int left = A[0] + K, right = A[A.size() - 1] - K;
for (int i = 0; i < A.size() - 1; i++) {
int maxi = max(A[i] + K, right);
int mini = min(left, A[i + 1] - K);
res = min(res, maxi - mini);
}
return res;
}
};