Problem
You are given an integer array nums
of size n
and a positive integer k
.
Divide the array into one or more arrays of size 3
satisfying the following conditions:
- Each element of
nums
should be in exactly one array. - The difference between any two elements in one array is less than or equal to
k
.
Return a 2D array containing all the arrays. If it is impossible to satisfy the conditions, return an empty array. And if there are multiple answers, return any of them.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [1,3,4,8,7,9,3,5,1], k = 2 Output: [[1,1,3],[3,4,5],[7,8,9]] Explanation: We can divide the array into the following arrays: [1,1,3], [3,4,5] and [7,8,9]. The difference between any two elements in each array is less than or equal to 2. Note that the order of elements is not important.
Example 2:
Input: nums = [1,3,3,2,7,3], k = 3 Output: [] Explanation: It is not possible to divide the array satisfying all the conditions.
Constraints:
n == nums.length
1 <= n <= 105
n
is a multiple of3
.1 <= nums[i] <= 105
1 <= k <= 105