LeetCode: Minimum Absolute Sum Difference Solution

1/**
2 * @param {number[]} nums1
3 * @param {number[]} nums2
4 * @return {number}
5 */
6var minAbsoluteSumDiff = function (nums1, nums2) {
7 const diffArr = nums1.map((num1, i) => Math.abs(num1 - nums2[i]))
8 const maxDiff = Math.max(...diffArr)
9 const maxDiffIdx = diffArr.findIndex(diff => diff === maxDiff)
10 const diffSum = diffArr.reduce((acc, el) => acc + el, 0) - maxDiff
11
12 let res = Infinity
13 for (const num of nums1) {
14 res = Math.min(res, diffSum + Math.abs(num - nums2[maxDiffIdx]))
15 }
16
17 return res % (1e9 + 7)
18}

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