原文链接: https://leetcode-cn.com/problems/minimum-difference-between-highest-and-lowest-of-k-scores

英文原文

You are given a 0-indexed integer array nums, where nums[i] represents the score of the ith student. You are also given an integer k.

Pick the scores of any k students from the array so that the difference between the highest and the lowest of the k scores is minimized.

Return the minimum possible difference.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [90], k = 1
Output: 0
Explanation: There is one way to pick score(s) of one student:
- [90]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 90 - 90 = 0.
The minimum possible difference is 0.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [9,4,1,7], k = 2
Output: 2
Explanation: There are six ways to pick score(s) of two students:
- [9,4,1,7]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 9 - 4 = 5.
- [9,4,1,7]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 9 - 1 = 8.
- [9,4,1,7]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 9 - 7 = 2.
- [9,4,1,7]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 4 - 1 = 3.
- [9,4,1,7]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 7 - 4 = 3.
- [9,4,1,7]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 7 - 1 = 6.
The minimum possible difference is 2.

 

Constraints:

• 1 <= k <= nums.length <= 1000
• 0 <= nums[i] <= 105

中文题目

给你一个 下标从 0 开始 的整数数组 nums ，其中 nums[i] 表示第 i 名学生的分数。另给你一个整数 k 。

从数组中选出任意 k 名学生的分数，使这 k 个分数间 最高分 和 最低分 的 差值 达到 最小化 。

返回可能的 最小差值 。

 

示例 1：

输入：nums = [90], k = 1
输出：0
解释：选出 1 名学生的分数，仅有 1 种方法：
- [90] 最高分和最低分之间的差值是 90 - 90 = 0
可能的最小差值是 0

示例 2：

输入：nums = [9,4,1,7], k = 2
输出：2
解释：选出 2 名学生的分数，有 6 种方法：
- [9,4,1,7] 最高分和最低分之间的差值是 9 - 4 = 5
- [9,4,1,7] 最高分和最低分之间的差值是 9 - 1 = 8
- [9,4,1,7] 最高分和最低分之间的差值是 9 - 7 = 2
- [9,4,1,7] 最高分和最低分之间的差值是 4 - 1 = 3
- [9,4,1,7] 最高分和最低分之间的差值是 7 - 4 = 3
- [9,4,1,7] 最高分和最低分之间的差值是 7 - 1 = 6
可能的最小差值是 2

 

提示：

• 1 <= k <= nums.length <= 1000
• 0 <= nums[i] <= 105

通过代码

高赞题解

思路

先将nums排好序，然后把所有长度为k的连续子序列取出，找开头元素和结尾元素的差。简单一点，找到所有的前端和后端求差即可。
zip的特点：返回结果个数与最短的列表一致。这样就不用分片前端了。

代码

class Solution:
    def minimumDifference(self, nums: List[int], k: int) -> int:
        nums.sort()
        return min(j-i for i, j in zip(nums, nums[k-1:]))

统计信息

通过次数	提交次数	AC比率
6362	10967	58.0%

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