Medium
Minimum Average Difference — C++
Full explanation · Time O(n) · Space O(1)
// Time: O(n)
// Space: O(1)
// prefix sum
class Solution {
public:
int minimumAverageDifference(vector<int>& nums) {
int64_t total = accumulate(cbegin(nums), cend(nums), 0ll);
int64_t mn = numeric_limits<int64_t>::max(), idx = -1;
int64_t prefix = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < size(nums); ++i) {
prefix += nums[i];
const int a = prefix / (i + 1);
const int b = i + 1 < size(nums) ? (total - prefix) / (size(nums) - (i + 1)) : 0;
const int diff = abs(a - b);
if (diff < mn) {
mn = diff;
idx = i;
}
}
return idx;
}
};