Class Solution
Medium
You are given an array of positive integers price
where price[i]
denotes the price of the ith
candy and a positive integer k
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The store sells baskets of k
distinct candies. The tastiness of a candy basket is the smallest absolute difference of the prices of any two candies in the basket.
Return the maximum tastiness of a candy basket.
Example 1:
Input: price = [13,5,1,8,21,2], k = 3
Output: 8
Explanation: Choose the candies with the prices [13,5,21].
The tastiness of the candy basket is: min(|13 - 5|, |13 - 21|, |5 - 21|) = min(8, 8, 16) = 8.
It can be proven that 8 is the maximum tastiness that can be achieved.
Example 2:
Input: price = [1,3,1], k = 2
Output: 2
Explanation: Choose the candies with the prices [1,3].
The tastiness of the candy basket is: min(|1 - 3|) = min(2) = 2.
It can be proven that 2 is the maximum tastiness that can be achieved.
Example 3:
Input: price = [7,7,7,7], k = 2
Output: 0
Explanation: Choosing any two distinct candies from the candies we have will result in a tastiness of 0.
Constraints:
2 <= k <= price.length <= 105
1 <= price[i] <= 109
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Constructor Summary
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Method Summary
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
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Constructor Details
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Solution
public Solution()
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Method Details
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maximumTastiness
public int maximumTastiness(int[] price, int k)
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