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Why do values to the left of value at index i not matter?

willumeh

Nov 25, 2024

So, I understand that we are taking a three sum and manipulating it to look similar to a two sum, there the sum will equal -targetsum , where targetsum is the item at index i. My question is why does the value to the left of index i not matter?

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Kartiki Sharma
Kartiki Sharmaa year ago

After sorting the input array, looking at the left of index i would mean re-visiting values previously visited.

E.x.

[-1,0,1,2,-1,-4] # original input

[-4, -1, -1, 0, 1, 2] # after sorting, and the one iterating on

  • when -4 is fixed all the other elements will be ...

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