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Daily Challenge #117 - MinMinMax

dev.to staff on November 14, 2019

Given an unsorted array of integers, find the smallest number in the array, the largest number in the array, and the smallest number between the tw...

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Craig McIlwrath • Nov 14 '19

Haskell solution:

import Data.List ((\\))

minminmax :: (Ord a, Enum a) => [a] -> (a, a, a)
minminmax xs = let min = minimum xs
                   max = maximum xs
                   range = [min..max] \\ xs
               in  (min, head range, max)

The \\ operator is the list difference, and the .. can be used on any enum type to build a list. This means this works for a large number of types, like:

minminmax "sonicthehedgehog" = ('c', 'f', 't')

Hao • Nov 14 '19

I'm sure there's less time complexity one but this boi will get its job done

const minMinMax = arr => {
    const [min, max] = [...arr].sort().splice(1, arr.length - 3);
    for (let i = min + 1; i < max; i++) {
        if (!arr.includes(i)) {
            return [min, i, max];
        }
    }
    return [min, undefined, max];
}

minMinMax([-1, 4, 5, -23, 24]); // [ -23, -22, 24 ]

Kiliman • Nov 18 '19 • Edited

TypeScript with tests

github.com/kiliman/dev-to-daily-ch...

export const minMinMax = (
  set: number[],
): [number, number | undefined, number] => {
  if (set.length < 1) {
    throw new Error('set must include at least one number')
  }
  const sorted = [...set].sort((a, b) => a - b)
  const smallest = sorted[0]
  const largest = sorted[set.length - 1]
  let minimumAbsent = smallest + 1
  for (let i = 1; i < sorted.length; i++) {
    if (minimumAbsent !== sorted[i]) break
    minimumAbsent++
  }

  return [
    smallest,
    minimumAbsent > largest ? undefined : minimumAbsent,
    largest,
  ]
}

Test

import { minMinMax } from '.'

it('should throw an error if less than one element', () => {
  expect(() => minMinMax([])).toThrow()
})

it('should return smallest, minimumAbsent, largest from array of numbers', () => {
  expect(minMinMax([-1, 4, 5, -23, 24])).toStrictEqual([-23, -22, 24])
  expect(minMinMax([1, 3, -3, -2, 8, -1])).toStrictEqual([-3, 0, 8])
  expect(minMinMax([2, -4, 8, -5, 9, 7])).toStrictEqual([-5, -3, 9])
})

it('should return undefined for minimumAbsent if not present between smallest and largest', () => {
  expect(minMinMax([-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3])).toStrictEqual([-3, undefined, 3])
})

it('should support a single number', () => {
  expect(minMinMax([1])).toStrictEqual([1, undefined, 1])
})

it('should support two numbers', () => {
  expect(minMinMax([1, 2])).toStrictEqual([1, undefined, 2])
  expect(minMinMax([1, 3])).toStrictEqual([1, 2, 3])
})

peter279k • Jul 14 '20

Here is the PHP code snippets:

function minMinMax($array) {
  print_r($array);
  $ans = [];
  $ans[0] = min($array);

  $number = $ans[0];
  while (true) {
    $number += 1;

    $ans[1] = $number;
    if (in_array($ans[1], $array) === false) {
      break;
    }
  }

  $ans[2] = max($array);

  return $ans;
}

kesprit • Nov 14 '19

My solution in Swift, I check if the array is not empty and bigger than two elements :

func minMinMax(array: [Int]) -> [Int] {
    guard !array.isEmpty, array.count > 2,
        let min = array.min(),
        let max = array.max(),
        let minimumAbsent = ((min...max).first{!array.contains($0)})
        else {
            return []
    }
    return [min, minimumAbsent, max]
}

Amin • Nov 15 '19

Elm

import List exposing (minimum, maximum, member)
import Maybe exposing (withDefault)


nextUnknownInteger : Int -> List Int -> Int
nextUnknownInteger integer integers =
    let
        nextInteger = integer + 1
    in
        if member nextInteger integers then
            nextUnknownInteger nextInteger integers
        else
            nextInteger


minMinMax : List Int -> List Int
minMinMax integers =
    let
        minimumInteger     = withDefault 0 <| minimum integers
        maximumInteger     = withDefault 0 <| maximum integers
        nextMinimumInteger = nextUnknownInteger minimumInteger integers

    in
        [minimumInteger, nextMinimumInteger, maximumInteger]

Playground

Here.

Steven Mercatante • Nov 14 '19

function minMinMax(arr) {
  // Sorting `arr` lets us easily select the min and max values
  arr.sort((a, b) => a - b)
  const min = arr[0]
  const max = arr[arr.length - 1]

  // Starting at the `min` number, search between 
  // `min` and `max` until you find a value that's not in `arr`
  let minimumAbsent = null
  for (let i = min; i < max; i++) {
    if (!arr.includes(i)) {
      minimumAbsent = i
      break
    }
  }

  return [min, minimumAbsent, max]
}

minMinMax([-1, 4, 5, -23, 24]); //[-23, -22, 24]
// minMinMax([1, 3, -3, -2, 8, -1]); //[-3, 0, 8]
// minMinMax([2, -4, 8, -5, 9, 7]); //[-5, -3, 9]

Runnable example:

John Medland • Nov 14 '19

Here is a solution with LabVIEW. Not tried LabVIEW? The community edition beta is now open!🎉🎉

shinelee • Jul 27 '22

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