18. 4Sum

Gary Chiang
Jul 16, 2021

[medium]

Given an array nums of n integers, return an array of all the unique quadruplets [nums[a], nums[b], nums[c], nums[d]] such that:

  • 0 <= a, b, c, d < n
  • a, b, c, and d are distinct.
  • nums[a] + nums[b] + nums[c] + nums[d] == target

You may return the answer in any order.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,0,-1,0,-2,2], target = 0
Output: [[-2,-1,1,2],[-2,0,0,2],[-1,0,0,1]]

Example 2:

Input: nums = [2,2,2,2,2], target = 8
Output: [[2,2,2,2]]

Constraints:

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 200
  • -109 <= nums[i] <= 109
  • -109 <= target <= 109

[Java]

  1. using the same trick to handle multiple sum answer
  2. create an ArrayList<List<Integer>> for the result
  3. loop all kind of situation to find the answer

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Gary Chiang

CS new grad, 6 years experience related to supply chain management. Located in Bay area