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Abhishek Chaudhary
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Smallest Range II

You are given an integer array nums and an integer k.

For each index i where 0 <= i < nums.length, change nums[i] to be either nums[i] + k or nums[i] - k.

The score of nums is the difference between the maximum and minimum elements in nums.

Return the minimum score of nums after changing the values at each index.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1], k = 0
Output: 0
Explanation: The score is max(nums) - min(nums) = 1 - 1 = 0.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [0,10], k = 2
Output: 6
Explanation: Change nums to be [2, 8]. The score is max(nums) - min(nums) = 8 - 2 = 6.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [1,3,6], k = 3
Output: 3
Explanation: Change nums to be [4, 6, 3]. The score is max(nums) - min(nums) = 6 - 3 = 3.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 104
  • 0 <= nums[i] <= 104
  • 0 <= k <= 104

SOLUTION:

class Solution:
    def smallestRangeII(self, nums: List[int], k: int) -> int:
        n = len(nums)
        nums.sort()
        res = nums[-1] - nums[0]
        left = nums[0] + k
        right = nums[-1] - k
        for i in range(n - 1):
            currmax = max(right, nums[i] + k)
            currmin = min(left, nums[i + 1] - k)
            res = min(res, currmax - currmin)
        return res
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