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TapeEquilibrium Demo Task at Codility.com

codility netbeansLesson 1 – Time Complexity – TapeEquilibrium demo task solution code written in php. Gives 100/100 score at the time of publishing. The description of the problem is copyrighted, so please see the following link for it: //codility.com/c/run/demoFKRFBE-5SC

Solution in php:

function solution($A) {
    $sum1   = $A[0];
    $sum2   = array_sum($A) - $sum1;
    $found  = array('index'=>0, 'abs' => abs($sum1 - $sum2));
    $c = count($A) - 1;
    $i = 1;
    while($i < $c){
        $sum1 += $A[$i];
        $sum2 -= $A[$i];
        $abs = abs($sum1 - $sum2);
        if($abs < $found['abs']){
            $found['index'] = $i;
            $found['abs'] = $abs;
        }
        $i++;
    }
    return $found['abs'];
}

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2 thoughts on “TapeEquilibrium Demo Task at Codility.com

  1. Chepry

    You’re using unnecessary array. Check this out:

    function solution($A) {
    $keys = count($A);
    $left = $A[0];
    $right = array_sum($A) – $left;
    $min = abs($left – $right);
    for ($i = 1; $i < $keys – 1; $i++) {
    $left += $A[$i];
    $right -= $A[$i];
    $diff = abs($left – $right);
    $min = ($diff < $min) ? $diff : $min;
    }
    return $min;
    }

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