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2256. Minimum Average Difference

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Problem Statement

2256. Minimum Average Difference

Medium


You are given a 0-indexed integer array nums of length n.

The average difference of the index i is the absolute difference between the average of the first i + 1 elements of nums and the average of the last n - i - 1 elements. Both averages should be rounded down to the nearest integer.

Return the index with the minimum average difference. If there are multiple such indices, return the smallest one.

Note:

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [2,5,3,9,5,3]
Output: 3
Explanation:
- The average difference of index 0 is: |2 / 1 - (5 + 3 + 9 + 5 + 3) / 5| = |2 / 1 - 25 / 5| = |2 - 5| = 3.
- The average difference of index 1 is: |(2 + 5) / 2 - (3 + 9 + 5 + 3) / 4| = |7 / 2 - 20 / 4| = |3 - 5| = 2.
- The average difference of index 2 is: |(2 + 5 + 3) / 3 - (9 + 5 + 3) / 3| = |10 / 3 - 17 / 3| = |3 - 5| = 2.
- The average difference of index 3 is: |(2 + 5 + 3 + 9) / 4 - (5 + 3) / 2| = |19 / 4 - 8 / 2| = |4 - 4| = 0.
- The average difference of index 4 is: |(2 + 5 + 3 + 9 + 5) / 5 - 3 / 1| = |24 / 5 - 3 / 1| = |4 - 3| = 1.
- The average difference of index 5 is: |(2 + 5 + 3 + 9 + 5 + 3) / 6 - 0| = |27 / 6 - 0| = |4 - 0| = 4.
The average difference of index 3 is the minimum average difference so return 3.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [0]
Output: 0
Explanation:
The only index is 0 so return 0.
The average difference of index 0 is: |0 / 1 - 0| = |0 - 0| = 0.

 

Constraints:

C++

Source file
class Solution {
public:
    int minimumAverageDifference(vector<int>& n) {
        vector <long> nums = {n[0]};
        for(int i=1; i<n.size(); i++)
            nums.push_back(n[i]+nums.back());
        int diff = INT_MAX, sum=nums.back(), len=nums.size(), res=0;
        for(int i=0; i<len; i++){
            int avgLt = round(nums[i]/(i+1));
            int avgRt = round((nums.back()-nums[i])/max(len-i-1, 1));
            int cur = abs(avgLt-avgRt);
            if(diff>cur)
                diff = cur, res = i;
            // cout << avgLt << "\t" << avgRt << endl;
        }
        return res;
    }
};