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1033. Moving Stones Until Consecutive 👎

  • Time: $O(\texttt{sort})$
  • Space: $O(\texttt{sort})$
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class Solution {
 public:
  vector<int> numMovesStones(int a, int b, int c) {
    vector<int> nums = {a, b, c};

    ranges::sort(nums);

    if (nums[2] - nums[0] == 2)
      return {0, 0};
    return {min(nums[1] - nums[0], nums[2] - nums[1]) <= 2 ? 1 : 2,
            nums[2] - nums[0] - 2};
  }
};

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class Solution {
  public int[] numMovesStones(int a, int b, int c) {
    int[] nums = new int[] {a, b, c};

    Arrays.sort(nums);

    if (nums[2] - nums[0] == 2)
      return new int[] {0, 0};
    return new int[] {Math.min(nums[1] - nums[0], nums[2] - nums[1]) <= 2 ? 1 : 2,
                      nums[2] - nums[0] - 2};
  }
}

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class Solution:
  def numMovesStones(self, a: int, b: int, c: int) -> list[int]:
    nums = sorted([a, b, c])

    if nums[2] - nums[0] == 2:
      return [0, 0]
    return [1 if min(nums[1] - nums[0], nums[2] - nums[1]) <= 2 else 2,
            nums[2] - nums[0] - 2]