Solution: Find K Closest Elements
Explore how to identify the k closest integers to a given target in a sorted array by applying a modified binary search combined with a two-pointer sliding window technique. This lesson helps you understand various approaches including naive sorting and optimized search methods, improving your ability to balance time and space complexity in algorithm design.
Statement
You are given a sorted array of integers, nums, and two integers, target and k. Your task is to return k number of integers that are close to the target value, target. The integers in the output array should be in a sorted order.
An integer, nums[i], is considered to be closer to target, as compared to nums[j] when |nums[i] - target| |nums[j] - target|. However, when |nums[i] - target| |nums[j] - target|, the smaller of the two values is selected.
Constraints:
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knums.length -
nums.length numsis sorted in ascending order.-
nums[i],target