- Difficulty: Medium
- Tags: LeetCode, Medium, Array, Bucket Sort, Radix Sort, Sorting, leetcode-164, Sort, O(n), Hard, Tricky, LintCode
Problem
Given an integer array nums
, return the maximum difference between two successive elements in its sorted form. If the array contains less than two elements, return 0
.
You must write an algorithm that runs in linear time and uses linear extra space.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [3,6,9,1] Output: 3 Explanation: The sorted form of the array is [1,3,6,9], either (3,6) or (6,9) has the maximum difference 3.
Example 2:
Input: nums = [10] Output: 0 Explanation: The array contains less than 2 elements, therefore return 0.
Constraints:
1 <= nums.length <= 105
0 <= nums[i] <= 109