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Solution: Count Pairs Whose Sum is Less than Target

Understand how to find the number of valid pairs in an integer array where each pair's sum is less than a given target. Explore using sorting combined with the two-pointer technique to efficiently traverse the array and count pairs without redundant checks. This lesson helps you grasp the step-by-step process, time complexity analysis, and implementation details for this common coding interview pattern.

Statement

You are given a 0-indexed integer array, nums, of length nn, and an integer target. Your task is to determine the number of distinct pairs of indexes (i,j)(i, j) such that:

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