Given three sorted arrays A[], B[] and C[], find 3 elements i, j and k from A, B and C respectively such that max(abs(A[i] – B[j]), abs(B[j] – C[k]), abs(C[k] – A[i])) is minimized. Here abs() indicates absolute value.
Example :
Input : A[] = {1, 4, 10}
B[] = {2, 15, 20}
C[] = {10, 12}Output: 10 15 10
Explanation: 10 from A, 15 from B and 10 from CInput: A[] = {20, 24, 100}
B[] = {2, 19, 22, 79, 800}
C[] = {10, 12, 23, 24, 119}
Output: 24 22 23
Explanation: 24 from A, 22 from B and 23 from C
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A Simple Solution is to run three nested loops to consider all triplets from A, B and C. Compute the value of max(abs(A[i] – B[j]), abs(B[j] – C[k]), abs(C[k] – A[i])) for every triplet and return minimum of all values.
Steps to implement-
- Declared three variables a,b, and c to store final answers
- Initialized a variable “ans” with the Maximum value
- We will store a minimum of max(abs(A[i] – B[j]), abs(B[j] – C[k]), abs(C[k] – A[i])) in “ans” variable
- Run three nested loops where each loop is for each array
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From that loop if max(abs(A[i] – B[j]), abs(B[j] – C[k]), abs(C[k] – A[i])) is less than a minimum of max(abs(A[i] – B[j]), abs(B[j] – C[k]), abs(C[k] – A[i])) present in “ans”
- Then, update “ans” with new max(abs(A[i] – B[j]), abs(B[j] – C[k]), abs(C[k] – A[i])) and that three variable a,b,c with three elements of those arrays
- In the last print value present in a,b,c
Code-
// C++ program to find 3 elements such that max(abs(A[i]-B[j]), //abs(B[j]-C[k]), abs(C[k]-A[i])) is minimized. #include<bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std;
void findClosest( int A[], int B[], int C[], int p, int q, int r)
{ //Three variable to store answer
int a,b,c;
//To Store minimum of max(abs(A[i]-B[j]),abs(B[j]-C[k]),
//abs(C[k]-A[i]))
int ans=INT_MAX;
//Run three nested loop
for ( int i=0;i<p;i++){
for ( int j=0;j<q;j++){
for ( int k=0;k<r;k++){
int curr=max( abs (A[i]-B[j]), abs (B[j]-C[k]));
int temp=max(curr, abs (C[k]-A[i]));
//If that is minimum than previous then update answer
if (temp<ans){
ans=temp;
a=A[i];
b=B[j];
c=C[k];
}
}
}
}
//Printing final answer
cout<<a<< " " <<b<< " " <<c<<endl;
} // Driver program int main()
{ int A[] = {1, 4, 10};
int B[] = {2, 15, 20};
int C[] = {10, 12};
int p = sizeof A / sizeof A[0];
int q = sizeof B / sizeof B[0];
int r = sizeof C / sizeof C[0];
findClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r);
return 0;
} |
// Java program to find 3 elements such that // max(abs(A[i]-B[j]), // abs(B[j]-C[k]), abs(C[k]-A[i])) is minimized. import java.util.Arrays;
public class GFG {
public static void findClosest( int [] A, int [] B,
int [] C, int p, int q,
int r)
{
// Three variable to store answer
int a = 0 , b = 0 , c = 0 ;
// To Store minimum of
// max(abs(A[i]-B[j]),abs(B[j]-C[k]),
// abs(C[k]-A[i]))
int ans = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
// Run three nested loop
for ( int i = 0 ; i < p; i++) {
for ( int j = 0 ; j < q; j++) {
for ( int k = 0 ; k < r; k++) {
int curr
= Math.max(Math.abs(A[i] - B[j]),
Math.abs(B[j] - C[k]));
int temp = Math.max(
curr, Math.abs(C[k] - A[i]));
// If that is minimum than previous then
// update answer
if (temp < ans) {
ans = temp;
a = A[i];
b = B[j];
c = C[k];
}
}
}
}
// Printing final answer
System.out.println(a + " " + b + " " + c);
}
// Driver program
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int [] A = { 1 , 4 , 10 };
int [] B = { 2 , 15 , 20 };
int [] C = { 10 , 12 };
int p = A.length;
int q = B.length;
int r = C.length;
findClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r);
}
} |
# Python program to find 3 elements such that max(abs(A[i]-B[j]), # abs(B[j]-C[k]), abs(C[k]-A[i])) is minimized. def findClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r):
# Three variables to store answer
a, b, c = None , None , None
# To store the minimum of max(abs(A[i]-B[j]), abs(B[j]-C[k]),
# abs(C[k]-A[i]))
ans = float ( 'inf' )
# Run three nested loops
for i in range (p):
for j in range (q):
for k in range (r):
curr = max ( abs (A[i] - B[j]), abs (B[j] - C[k]))
temp = max (curr, abs (C[k] - A[i]))
# If that is minimum than previous, then update answer
if temp < ans:
ans = temp
a, b, c = A[i], B[j], C[k]
# Printing final answer
print (a, b, c)
# Driver program A = [ 1 , 4 , 10 ]
B = [ 2 , 15 , 20 ]
C = [ 10 , 12 ]
p = len (A)
q = len (B)
r = len (C)
findClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r) # by phasing17 |
using System;
class Program
{ static void FindClosest( int [] A, int [] B, int [] C, int p, int q, int r)
{
// Three variables to store the answer
int a = 0, b = 0, c = 0;
// To store the minimum of max(abs(A[i]-B[j]), abs(B[j]-C[k]), abs(C[k]-A[i]))
int ans = int .MaxValue;
// Run three nested loops
for ( int i = 0; i < p; i++)
{
for ( int j = 0; j < q; j++)
{
for ( int k = 0; k < r; k++)
{
int curr = Math.Max(Math.Abs(A[i] - B[j]), Math.Abs(B[j] - C[k]));
int temp = Math.Max(curr, Math.Abs(C[k] - A[i]));
// If that is minimum than previous then update answer
if (temp < ans)
{
ans = temp;
a = A[i];
b = B[j];
c = C[k];
}
}
}
}
// Printing the final answer
Console.WriteLine($ "{a} {b} {c}" );
}
static void Main( string [] args)
{
int [] A = { 1, 4, 10 };
int [] B = { 2, 15, 20 };
int [] C = { 10, 12 };
int p = A.Length;
int q = B.Length;
int r = C.Length;
FindClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r);
}
} // This code is contributed by shivamgupta310570 |
// JS program to find 3 elements such that max(abs(A[i]-B[j]), //abs(B[j]-C[k]), abs(C[k]-A[i])) is minimized. function findClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r)
{ //Three variable to store answer
let a,b,c;
//To Store minimum of max(abs(A[i]-B[j]),abs(B[j]-C[k]),
//abs(C[k]-A[i]))
let ans = Number.MAX_VALUE;
//Run three nested loop
for (let i=0;i<p;i++){
for (let j=0;j<q;j++){
for (let k=0;k<r;k++){
let curr=Math.max(Math.abs(A[i]-B[j]),Math.abs(B[j]-C[k]));
let temp=Math.max(curr,Math.abs(C[k]-A[i]));
//If that is minimum than previous then update answer
if (temp<ans){
ans=temp;
a=A[i];
b=B[j];
c=C[k];
}
}
}
}
//Printing final answer
console.log(a+ " " + b+ " " + c);
} // Driver program let A = [1, 4, 10]; let B = [2, 15, 20]; let C = [10, 12]; let p = A.length; let q = B.length; let r = C.length; findClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r); |
Output-
10 15 10
Time complexity :O(N3),because of three nested loops
Auxiliary space: O(1),because no extra space has been used
A Better Solution is to use Binary Search.
1) Iterate over all elements of A[],
a) Binary search for element just smaller than or equal to in B[] and C[], and note the difference.
2) Repeat step 1 for B[] and C[].
3) Return overall minimum.
Time complexity of this solution is O(nLogn)
Efficient Solution Let ‘p’ be size of A[], ‘q’ be size of B[] and ‘r’ be size of C[]
1) Start with i=0, j=0 and k=0 (Three index variables for A,
B and C respectively)
// p, q and r are sizes of A[], B[] and C[] respectively.
2) Do following while i < p and j < q and k < r
a) Find min and maximum of A[i], B[j] and C[k]
b) Compute diff = max(X, Y, Z) - min(A[i], B[j], C[k]).
c) If new result is less than current result, change
it to the new result.
d) Increment the pointer of the array which contains
the minimum.
Note that we increment the pointer of the array which has the minimum because our goal is to decrease the difference. Increasing the maximum pointer increases the difference. Increase the second maximum pointer can potentially increase the difference.
// C++ program to find 3 elements such that max(abs(A[i]-B[j]), abs(B[j]- // C[k]), abs(C[k]-A[i])) is minimized. #include<bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std;
void findClosest( int A[], int B[], int C[], int p, int q, int r)
{ int diff = INT_MAX; // Initialize min diff
// Initialize result
int res_i =0, res_j = 0, res_k = 0;
// Traverse arrays
int i=0,j=0,k=0;
while (i < p && j < q && k < r)
{
// Find minimum and maximum of current three elements
int minimum = min(A[i], min(B[j], C[k]));
int maximum = max(A[i], max(B[j], C[k]));
// Update result if current diff is less than the min
// diff so far
if (maximum-minimum < diff)
{
res_i = i, res_j = j, res_k = k;
diff = maximum - minimum;
}
// We can't get less than 0 as values are absolute
if (diff == 0) break ;
// Increment index of array with smallest value
if (A[i] == minimum) i++;
else if (B[j] == minimum) j++;
else k++;
}
// Print result
cout << A[res_i] << " " << B[res_j] << " " << C[res_k];
} // Driver program int main()
{ int A[] = {1, 4, 10};
int B[] = {2, 15, 20};
int C[] = {10, 12};
int p = sizeof A / sizeof A[0];
int q = sizeof B / sizeof B[0];
int r = sizeof C / sizeof C[0];
findClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r);
return 0;
} |
// Java program to find 3 elements such // that max(abs(A[i]-B[j]), abs(B[j]-C[k]), // abs(C[k]-A[i])) is minimized. import java.io.*;
class GFG {
static void findClosest( int A[], int B[], int C[],
int p, int q, int r)
{
int diff = Integer.MAX_VALUE; // Initialize min diff
// Initialize result
int res_i = 0 , res_j = 0 , res_k = 0 ;
// Traverse arrays
int i = 0 , j = 0 , k = 0 ;
while (i < p && j < q && k < r)
{
// Find minimum and maximum of current three elements
int minimum = Math.min(A[i],
Math.min(B[j], C[k]));
int maximum = Math.max(A[i],
Math.max(B[j], C[k]));
// Update result if current diff is
// less than the min diff so far
if (maximum-minimum < diff)
{
res_i = i;
res_j = j;
res_k = k;
diff = maximum - minimum;
}
// We can't get less than 0
// as values are absolute
if (diff == 0 ) break ;
// Increment index of array
// with smallest value
if (A[i] == minimum) i++;
else if (B[j] == minimum) j++;
else k++;
}
// Print result
System.out.println(A[res_i] + " " +
B[res_j] + " " + C[res_k]);
}
// Driver code
public static void main (String[] args)
{
int A[] = { 1 , 4 , 10 };
int B[] = { 2 , 15 , 20 };
int C[] = { 10 , 12 };
int p = A.length;
int q = B.length;
int r = C.length;
// Function calling
findClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r);
}
} // This code is contributed by Ajit. |
# Python program to find 3 elements such # that max(abs(A[i]-B[j]), abs(B[j]- C[k]), # abs(C[k]-A[i])) is minimized. import sys
def findCloset(A, B, C, p, q, r):
# Initialize min diff
diff = sys.maxsize
res_i = 0
res_j = 0
res_k = 0
# Traverse Array
i = 0
j = 0
k = 0
while (i < p and j < q and k < r):
# Find minimum and maximum of
# current three elements
minimum = min (A[i], min (B[j], C[k]))
maximum = max (A[i], max (B[j], C[k]));
# Update result if current diff is
# less than the min diff so far
if maximum - minimum < diff:
res_i = i
res_j = j
res_k = k
diff = maximum - minimum;
# We can 't get less than 0 as
# values are absolute
if diff = = 0 :
break
# Increment index of array with
# smallest value
if A[i] = = minimum:
i = i + 1
elif B[j] = = minimum:
j = j + 1
else :
k = k + 1
# Print result
print (A[res_i], " " , B[res_j], " " , C[res_k])
# Driver Program A = [ 1 , 4 , 10 ]
B = [ 2 , 15 , 20 ]
C = [ 10 , 12 ]
p = len (A)
q = len (B)
r = len (C)
findCloset(A,B,C,p,q,r) # This code is contributed by Shrikant13. |
// C# program to find 3 elements // such that max(abs(A[i]-B[j]), // abs(B[j]-C[k]), abs(C[k]-A[i])) // is minimized. using System;
class GFG
{ static void findClosest( int []A, int []B,
int []C, int p,
int q, int r)
{
// Initialize min diff
int diff = int .MaxValue;
// Initialize result
int res_i = 0,
res_j = 0,
res_k = 0;
// Traverse arrays
int i = 0, j = 0, k = 0;
while (i < p && j < q && k < r)
{
// Find minimum and maximum
// of current three elements
int minimum = Math.Min(A[i],
Math.Min(B[j], C[k]));
int maximum = Math.Max(A[i],
Math.Max(B[j], C[k]));
// Update result if current
// diff is less than the min
// diff so far
if (maximum - minimum < diff)
{
res_i = i;
res_j = j;
res_k = k;
diff = maximum - minimum;
}
// We can't get less than 0
// as values are absolute
if (diff == 0) break ;
// Increment index of array
// with smallest value
if (A[i] == minimum) i++;
else if (B[j] == minimum) j++;
else k++;
}
// Print result
Console.WriteLine(A[res_i] + " " +
B[res_j] + " " +
C[res_k]);
}
// Driver code
public static void Main ()
{
int []A = {1, 4, 10};
int []B = {2, 15, 20};
int []C = {10, 12};
int p = A.Length;
int q = B.Length;
int r = C.Length;
// Function calling
findClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r);
}
} // This code is contributed // by anuj_67. |
<script> // JavaScript program to find 3 elements
// such that max(abs(A[i]-B[j]), abs(B[j]-
// C[k]), abs(C[k]-A[i])) is minimized.
function findClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r)
{
var diff = Math.pow(10, 9); // Initialize min diff
// Initialize result
var res_i = 0,
res_j = 0,
res_k = 0;
// Traverse arrays
var i = 0,
j = 0,
k = 0;
while (i < p && j < q && k < r)
{
// Find minimum and maximum of current three elements
var minimum = Math.min(A[i], Math.min(B[j], C[k]));
var maximum = Math.max(A[i], Math.max(B[j], C[k]));
// Update result if current diff is less than the min
// diff so far
if (maximum - minimum < diff)
{
(res_i = i), (res_j = j), (res_k = k);
diff = maximum - minimum;
}
// We can't get less than 0 as values are absolute
if (diff == 0) break ;
// Increment index of array with smallest value
if (A[i] == minimum)
i++;
else if (B[j] == minimum)
j++;
else
k++;
}
// Print result
document.write(A[res_i] + " " + B[res_j] + " " + C[res_k]);
}
// Driver program
var A = [1, 4, 10];
var B = [2, 15, 20];
var C = [10, 12];
var p = A.length;
var q = B.length;
var r = C.length;
findClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r);
// This code is contributed by rdtank.
</script>
|
<?php // PHP program to find 3 elements such // that max(abs(A[i]-B[j]), abs(B[j]- // C[k]), abs(C[k]-A[i])) is minimized. function findClosest( $A , $B , $C , $p , $q , $r )
{ $diff = PHP_INT_MAX; // Initialize min diff
// Initialize result
$res_i = 0;
$res_j = 0;
$res_k = 0;
// Traverse arrays
$i = 0;
$j = 0;
$k = 0;
while ( $i < $p && $j < $q && $k < $r )
{
// Find minimum and maximum of
// current three elements
$minimum = min( $A [ $i ], min( $B [ $j ], $C [ $k ]));
$maximum = max( $A [ $i ], max( $B [ $j ], $C [ $k ]));
// Update result if current diff is
// less than the min diff so far
if ( $maximum - $minimum < $diff )
{
$res_i = $i ; $res_j = $j ; $res_k = $k ;
$diff = $maximum - $minimum ;
}
// We can't get less than 0 as
// values are absolute
if ( $diff == 0) break ;
// Increment index of array with
// smallest value
if ( $A [ $i ] == $minimum ) $i ++;
else if ( $B [ $j ] == $minimum ) $j ++;
else $k ++;
}
// Print result
echo $A [ $res_i ] , " " , $B [ $res_j ],
" " , $C [ $res_k ];
} // Driver Code $A = array (1, 4, 10);
$B = array (2, 15, 20);
$C = array (10, 12);
$p = sizeof( $A );
$q = sizeof( $B );
$r = sizeof( $C );
findClosest( $A , $B , $C , $p , $q , $r );
// This code is contributed by Sach_Code ?> |
Output:
10 15 10
Time complexity of this solution is O(p + q + r) where p, q and r are sizes of A[], B[] and C[] respectively.
Auxiliary space: O(1) as constant space is required.
Approach 2: Using Binary Search:
Another approach to solve this problem can be to use binary search along with two pointers.
First, sort all the three arrays A, B, and C. Then, we take three pointers, one for each array. For each i, j, k combination, we calculate the maximum difference using the absolute value formula given in the problem. If the current maximum difference is less than the minimum difference found so far, then we update our result.
Next, we move our pointers based on the value of the maximum element among the current i, j, k pointers. We increment the pointer of the array with the smallest maximum element, hoping to find a smaller difference.
The time complexity of this approach will be O(nlogn) due to sorting, where n is the size of the largest array.
Here’s the code for this approach:
#include<bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std;
void findClosest( int A[], int B[], int C[], int p, int q, int r)
{ sort(A, A+p);
sort(B, B+q);
sort(C, C+r);
int diff = INT_MAX; // Initialize min diff
// Initialize result
int res_i =0, res_j = 0, res_k = 0;
// Traverse arrays
int i=0,j=0,k=0;
while (i < p && j < q && k < r)
{
// Find minimum and maximum of current three elements
int minimum = min(A[i], min(B[j], C[k]));
int maximum = max(A[i], max(B[j], C[k]));
// Calculate the maximum difference for the current combination
int curDiff = abs (maximum - minimum);
// Update result if current diff is less than the min
// diff so far
if (curDiff < diff)
{
res_i = i, res_j = j, res_k = k;
diff = curDiff;
}
// If the maximum element of A is the smallest among the three,
// we move the A pointer forward
if (A[i] == minimum && A[i] <= B[j] && A[i] <= C[k]) i++;
// If the maximum element of B is the smallest among the three,
// we move the B pointer forward
else if (B[j] == minimum && B[j] <= A[i] && B[j] <= C[k]) j++;
// If the maximum element of C is the smallest among the three,
// we move the C pointer forward
else k++;
}
// Print result
cout << A[res_i] << " " << B[res_j] << " " << C[res_k];
} // Driver program int main()
{ int A[] = {1, 4, 10};
int B[] = {2, 15, 20};
int C[] = {10, 12};
int p = sizeof A / sizeof A[0];
int q = sizeof B / sizeof B[0];
int r = sizeof C / sizeof C[0];
findClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r);
return 0;
} |
import java.util.*;
public class Main {
public static void findClosest( int [] A, int [] B, int [] C, int p, int q, int r) {
Arrays.sort(A);
Arrays.sort(B);
Arrays.sort(C);
int diff = Integer.MAX_VALUE; // Initialize min diff
// Initialize result
int res_i = 0 , res_j = 0 , res_k = 0 ;
// Traverse arrays
int i = 0 , j = 0 , k = 0 ;
while (i < p && j < q && k < r) {
// Find minimum and maximum of current three elements
int minimum = Math.min(A[i], Math.min(B[j], C[k]));
int maximum = Math.max(A[i], Math.max(B[j], C[k]));
// Calculate the maximum difference for the current combination
int curDiff = Math.abs(maximum - minimum);
// Update result if current diff is less than the min
// diff so far
if (curDiff < diff) {
res_i = i;
res_j = j;
res_k = k;
diff = curDiff;
}
// If the maximum element of A is the smallest among the three,
// we move the A pointer forward
if (A[i] == minimum && A[i] <= B[j] && A[i] <= C[k])
i++;
// If the maximum element of B is the smallest among the three,
// we move the B pointer forward
else if (B[j] == minimum && B[j] <= A[i] && B[j] <= C[k])
j++;
// If the maximum element of C is the smallest among the three,
// we move the C pointer forward
else
k++;
}
// Print result
System.out.println(A[res_i] + " " + B[res_j] + " " + C[res_k]);
} // Driver program public static void main(String[] args) {
int [] A = { 1 , 4 , 10 };
int [] B = { 2 , 15 , 20 };
int [] C = { 10 , 12 };
int p = A.length;
int q = B.length;
int r = C.length;
findClosest(A, B, C, p, q, r);
} } |
import sys
def find_closest(A, B, C):
p, q, r = len (A), len (B), len (C)
A.sort()
B.sort()
C.sort()
diff = sys.maxsize
res_i, res_j, res_k = 0 , 0 , 0
i = j = k = 0
while i < p and j < q and k < r:
minimum = min (A[i], min (B[j], C[k]))
maximum = max (A[i], max (B[j], C[k]))
cur_diff = abs (maximum - minimum)
if cur_diff < diff:
res_i, res_j, res_k = i, j, k
diff = cur_diff
if A[i] = = minimum and A[i] < = B[j] and A[i] < = C[k]:
i + = 1
elif B[j] = = minimum and B[j] < = A[i] and B[j] < = C[k]:
j + = 1
else :
k + = 1
return [A[res_i], B[res_j], C[res_k]]
# Driver program A = [ 1 , 4 , 10 ]
B = [ 2 , 15 , 20 ]
C = [ 10 , 12 ]
print (find_closest(A, B, C)) # Output: [4, 10, 10]
|
using System;
public class Program
{ public static int [] FindClosest( int [] A, int [] B, int [] C)
{
int p = A.Length;
int q = B.Length;
int r = C.Length;
Array.Sort(A);
Array.Sort(B);
Array.Sort(C);
int diff = int .MaxValue;
int res_i = 0, res_j = 0, res_k = 0;
int i = 0, j = 0, k = 0;
while (i < p && j < q && k < r)
{
int minimum = Math.Min(A[i], Math.Min(B[j], C[k]));
int maximum = Math.Max(A[i], Math.Max(B[j], C[k]));
int curDiff = Math.Abs(maximum - minimum);
if (curDiff < diff)
{
res_i = i;
res_j = j;
res_k = k;
diff = curDiff;
}
if (A[i] == minimum && A[i] <= B[j] && A[i] <= C[k])
{
i++;
}
else if (B[j] == minimum && B[j] <= A[i] && B[j] <= C[k])
{
j++;
}
else
{
k++;
}
}
return new int [] { A[res_i], B[res_j], C[res_k] };
}
public static void Main()
{
int [] A = { 1, 4, 10 };
int [] B = { 2, 15, 20 };
int [] C = { 10, 12 };
int [] result = FindClosest(A, B, C);
Console.WriteLine( string .Join( " " , result));
}
} |
// Function to find the closest elements from three sorted arrays function find_closest(A, B, C) {
// Get the length of the three arrays
let p = A.length,
q = B.length,
r = C.length;
// Sort the three arrays in non-decreasing order
A.sort((a, b) => a - b);
B.sort((a, b) => a - b);
C.sort((a, b) => a - b);
// Initialize variables to store the minimum difference and the indices
// of the closest elements
let diff = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
let res_i = 0,
res_j = 0,
res_k = 0;
// Initialize indices to traverse the three arrays
let i = 0,
j = 0,
k = 0;
// Traverse the arrays until we reach the end of any one of them
while (i < p && j < q && k < r) {
// Get the minimum and maximum elements from the three arrays
let minimum = Math.min(A[i], Math.min(B[j], C[k]));
let maximum = Math.max(A[i], Math.max(B[j], C[k]));
// Calculate the difference between the maximum and minimum elements
let cur_diff = Math.abs(maximum - minimum);
// Update the variables to store the indices of the closest elements
// if the current difference is less than the minimum difference
if (cur_diff < diff) {
res_i = i;
res_j = j;
res_k = k;
diff = cur_diff;
}
// Increment the index of the array with the minimum element
if (A[i] == minimum && A[i] <= B[j] && A[i] <= C[k]) {
i++;
} else if (B[j] == minimum && B[j] <= A[i] && B[j] <= C[k]) {
j++;
} else {
k++;
}
}
// Return the closest elements from the three arrays
return [A[res_i], B[res_j], C[res_k]];
} // Driver program let A = [1, 4, 10]; let B = [2, 15, 20]; let C = [10, 12]; // Call the find_closest function with the three arrays and print the result console.log(find_closest(A, B, C)); |
OUTPUT:
10 15 10
Time complexity :O(NlogN)
Auxiliary space: O(1) as constant space is required.
//Thanks to Gaurav Ahirwar for suggesting the above solutions.