Three Number Sum (2 Pointer) in Python

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Justin Bermudez

Posted on August 30, 2020

Three Number Sum (2 Pointer) in Python

Three Number Sum is a popular problem found on leetcode where you are given an array nums of n integers, are there elements a, b, c in nums such that a + b + c = 0? Find all unique triplets in the array which gives the sum of zero.

Link to problem at leetcode: here

Full Python Solution Here:

def threeNumberSum(array, targetSum):
    array.sort()
    result = []
    for i in range(len(array) - 2):
        left = i + 1
        right = len(array) - 1
        while left < right:
        currSum = array[i] + array[left] + array[right]
        if currSum == targetSum:
             res.append([array[i], array[left], array[right]])
             left += 1
             right -= 1
        elif currSum < targetSum:
             left += 1
        elif currSum > targetSum:
             right -= 1
    return result
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Justin Bermudez

Posted on August 30, 2020

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