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1502. Can Make Arithmetic Progression From Sequence

Description

A sequence of numbers is called an arithmetic progression if the difference between any two consecutive elements is the same.

Given an array of numbers arr, return true if the array can be rearranged to form an arithmetic progression. Otherwise, return false.

 

Example 1:

Input: arr = [3,5,1]
Output: true
Explanation: We can reorder the elements as [1,3,5] or [5,3,1] with differences 2 and -2 respectively, between each consecutive elements.

Example 2:

Input: arr = [1,2,4]
Output: false
Explanation: There is no way to reorder the elements to obtain an arithmetic progression.

 

Constraints:

  • 2 <= arr.length <= 1000
  • -106 <= arr[i] <= 106

Solutions

Solution 1: Sorting + Traversal

We can first sort the array arr, then traverse the array, and check whether the difference between adjacent items is equal.

The time complexity is $O(n \times \log n)$, and the space complexity is $O(\log n)$. Here, $n$ is the length of the array arr.

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class Solution:
    def canMakeArithmeticProgression(self, arr: List[int]) -> bool:
        arr.sort()
        d = arr[1] - arr[0]
        return all(b - a == d for a, b in pairwise(arr))

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class Solution {
    public boolean canMakeArithmeticProgression(int[] arr) {
        Arrays.sort(arr);
        int d = arr[1] - arr[0];
        for (int i = 2; i < arr.length; ++i) {
            if (arr[i] - arr[i - 1] != d) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
}

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class Solution {
public:
    bool canMakeArithmeticProgression(vector<int>& arr) {
        sort(arr.begin(), arr.end());
        int d = arr[1] - arr[0];
        for (int i = 2; i < arr.size(); i++) {
            if (arr[i] - arr[i - 1] != d) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
};

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func canMakeArithmeticProgression(arr []int) bool {
    sort.Ints(arr)
    d := arr[1] - arr[0]
    for i := 2; i < len(arr); i++ {
        if arr[i]-arr[i-1] != d {
            return false
        }
    }
    return true
}

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function canMakeArithmeticProgression(arr: number[]): boolean {
    arr.sort((a, b) => a - b);
    const n = arr.length;
    for (let i = 2; i < n; i++) {
        if (arr[i - 2] - arr[i - 1] !== arr[i - 1] - arr[i]) {
            return false;
        }
    }
    return true;
}

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impl Solution {
    pub fn can_make_arithmetic_progression(mut arr: Vec<i32>) -> bool {
        arr.sort();
        let n = arr.len();
        for i in 2..n {
            if arr[i - 2] - arr[i - 1] != arr[i - 1] - arr[i] {
                return false;
            }
        }
        true
    }
}

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/**
 * @param {number[]} arr
 * @return {boolean}
 */
var<