leetcode – 3sum closest

Given an array S of n integers, find three integers in S such that the sum is closest to a given number, target. Return the sum of the three integers. You may assume that each input would have exactly one solution.

For example, given array S = {-1 2 1 -4}, and target = 1.

The sum that is closest to the target is 2. (-1 + 2 + 1 = 2).

Final Solution:

class Solution(object):
    def threeSumClosest(self, nums, target):
        """
        :type nums: List[int]
        :type target: int
        :rtype: int
        """
        nums.sort()
        final_sum = nums[0] + nums[1] + nums[2]
        for i in range(len(nums) - 2):
            j, k = i+1, len(nums) - 1
            while j < k:
                sum = nums[i] + nums[j] + nums[k]
                if sum == target:
                    return sum
                if abs(sum - target) < abs(final_sum - target):
                    final_sum = sum
                if sum < target:
                    j += 1
                elif sum > target:
                    k -= 1
        return final_sum

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