Leetcode Problem 2517. Maximum Tastiness of Candy Basket

2517. Maximum Tastiness of Candy Basket

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Binary Search for Maximum Tastiness

  1. Sort the price array in ascending order.
  2. Initialize left to 0 and right to the maximum possible difference in price.
  3. While left is less than right, perform the following steps: a. Calculate mid as the average of left and right. b. Use a greedy approach to check if it's possible to pick k candies such that the difference between any two consecutive selected candies is at least mid. c. If it's possible, update left to mid + 1 (to try a larger difference), otherwise update right to mid.
  4. The maximum tastiness is left - 1 after the loop ends.
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