1. 题目
给定两个整数数组a和b,计算具有最小差绝对值的一对数值(每个数组中取一个值),并返回该对数值的差
示例:
输入:{1, 3, 15, 11, 2}, {23, 127, 235, 19, 8}
输出: 3,即数值对(11, 8)提示:
1 <= a.length, b.length <= 100000
-2147483648 <= a[i], b[i] <= 2147483647
正确结果在区间[-2147483648, 2147483647]内
来源:力扣(LeetCode)
链接:https://leetcode-cn.com/problems/smallest-difference-lcci
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2. 解题
- 排序后,相互追逐,找最小的差值
class Solution {
public:int smallestDifference(vector<int>& a, vector<int>& b) {sort(a.begin(), a.end());sort(b.begin(), b.end());if(a.back() <= b.front())return b.front()-a.back();if(b.back() <= a.front())return a.front()-b.back();int i = 0, j = 0, na = a.size(), nb = b.size(),mindis = INT_MAX;long diff;while(i < na && j < nb){diff = a[i]-b[j];if(diff <= INT_MAX && diff > INT_MIN) mindis = min(mindis, abs((int)diff));if(a[i] <= b[j])i++;//a小,a往后走,找大的,缩小差距elsej++;//b小,b往后找大的}return mindis;}
};