Find three closest elements from given three sorted arrays in C++

Suppose we have three sorted arrays A, B and C, and three elements i, j and k from A, B and C respectively such that max(|A[i] – B[i]|, |B[j] – C[k]|, |C[k] – A[i]|) is minimized. So if A = [1, 4, 10], B = [2, 15, 20], and C = [10, 12], then output elements are 10, 15, 10, these three from A, B and C.

Suppose the size of A, B and C are p, q and r respectively. Now follow these steps to solve this −

  • i := 0, j := 0 and k := 0
  • Now do the following while i
  • Find min and max of A[i], B[j] and C[k]
  • Calculate diff := max(X, Y, Z) - min(A[i], B[j], C[k])
  • If the result is less than current result, then change it to new result
  • Increment the pointer of the array which contains the minimum.

Example

#include 
using namespace std;
void getClosestElements(int A[], int B[], int C[], int p, int q, int r) {
   int diff = INT_MAX;
   int i_final =0, j_final = 0, k_final = 0;
   int i=0,j=0,k=0;
   while (i 

Output

Closest elements are: 10 15 10
Updated on: 2019-12-19T07:52:51+05:30

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