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).
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Solution:
1 public class Solution { 2 public int threeSumClosest(int[] num, int target) { 3 int len = num.length; 4 Arrays.sort(num); 5 6 7 int first = 0; 8 int second = 1; 9 int third = 2; 10 int res=num[first]+num[second]+num[third]; 11 while (first<num.length-2){ 12 second = first+1; 13 third = len-1; 14 while (second<third){ 15 int sum = num[first]+num[second]+num[third]; 16 if (sum==target) return target; 17 if (Math.abs(sum-target)<Math.abs(res-target)) res = sum; 18 if (sum>target){ 19 while (second<third && num[third]==num[third-1]) third--; 20 third--; 21 } else { 22 while (second<third && num[second]==num[second+1]) second++; 23 second++; 24 } 25 } 26 while (first<num.length-2 && num[first]==num[first+1]) first++; 27 first++; 28 } 29 return res; 30 31 } 32 }