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2037. Minimum Number of Moves to Seat Everyone 👍

  • Time: $O(\texttt{sort})$
  • Space: $O(n)$
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class Solution {
 public:
  int minMovesToSeat(vector<int>& seats, vector<int>& students) {
    int ans = 0;

    ranges::sort(seats);
    ranges::sort(students);

    for (int i = 0; i < seats.size(); ++i)
      ans += abs(seats[i] - students[i]);

    return ans;
  }
};

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class Solution {
  public int minMovesToSeat(int[] seats, int[] students) {
    int res = 0;

    Arrays.sort(seats);
    Arrays.sort(students);

    for (int i = 0; i < seats.length; ++i)
      res += Math.abs(seats[i] - students[i]);

    return res;
  }
}

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class Solution:
  def minMovesToSeat(self, seats: list[int], students: list[int]) -> int:
    return sum(
        abs(seat - student) for seat,
        student in zip(sorted(seats),
                       sorted(students)))