It won't work for following case

If suppose array contains the following integers
10 5 1 15 9
then according to you answer would be diff = |1-5| = 4
but correct answer is diff = |9-10| = 1

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On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Varun S V <varun...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Since we difference between two minumum elements should suffice, how about
> finding the min and second minimum element in the array in single scan and
> returning their difference. This should take not more than O(N) time.
>
> Regards,
> -Varun.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:09 AM, Shishir Mittal <1987.shis...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Sort the array and find the minimum of difference of adjacent values of
>> the sorted array.
>> Time Complexity : O(nlogn), Space Complexity : O(1)
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 6:35 PM, ankur aggarwal 
>> <ankur.mast....@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> given  a array of length n. find  2 number such that their differnce is
>>> minimum.....
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Shishir Mittal
>> Ph: +91 9936 180 121
>>
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