Three Sum Closest - JavaScript Solution

Monday 8 June 2015 | Posted by

Problem

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.

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).

JavaScript Code

function threeSumClosest(num, target) {
        var min = 9007199254740992;
        var result = 0;
 
        num.sort();
 
        for (var i = 0; i < num.length; i++) {
            var j = i + 1;
            var k = num.length - 1;
            while (j < k) {
                var sum = num[i] + num[j] + num[k];
                var diff = Math.abs(sum - target);
 
                if(diff == 0) return 0;
 
                if (diff < min) {
                    min = diff;
                    result = sum;
                }
                if (sum <= target) {
                    j++;
                } else {
                    k--;
                }
            }
        }
 
        return result;
}

console.log(threeSumClosest([-1,2,1,-4], 1));
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