So I wrote out the following:

class Solution:
  def searchTriplets(self, arr, target):
    arr.sort()
    count = 0
    for i in range(len(arr)-2):
      left = i+1
      right = len(arr)-1
      while left < right:
        curr = arr[i] + arr[left] + arr[right]
        if curr < target:
          count += right - left
          left +=1
        else:
          right -= 1
    return count

I essentially took the gist of what we did in the previous problem(Triplet Sum Close to Target) and created a solution using one function. My question is that is this soultion just as good or better, or worse than the actual solution if it is utilizing only one function rather than creating and calling upon a second one?