How about iterating over all the values and hashing them to a dict/map. And
then iterate once more, checking that for each element 'e', |K-e| exists in
the map or not. O(N)?

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Yasir <[email protected]> wrote:

> Guys,
> Let's try to find out an efficient solution for the following prob:
>
> Given N numbers , [N<=10^5] we need to count the total pairs of
> numbers that have a difference of K. [K>0 and K<1e9]
>
> Input Format:
> 1st line contains N & K.
> 2nd line contains N numbers of the set. All the N numbers are assured
> to be distinct.
>
> Output Format:
> One integer saying the no of pairs of numbers that have a diff K.
>
>
> PS: Note that n is very large, so try to come up with an efficient
> solution. :)
>
>
> Source: http://www.interviewstreet.com/recruit/challenges/dashboard/
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