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15. 3Sum

https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum/

js
/**
 * @param {number[]} nums
 * @return {number[][]}
 */
var threeSum = function(nums) {
  nums.sort((a, b) => a - b)
  var result = []

  for (let i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
    if (i >= 1 && nums[i] === nums[i - 1]) {
      continue
    }
    let left = i + 1
    let right = nums.length - 1
    while (left < right) {
      let sum = nums[left] + nums[right] + nums[i]
      if (sum === 0) {
        result.push([nums[i], nums[left], nums[right]])
        left++
        right--
        while (left < right && nums[left] === nums[left - 1]) {
          left++
        }
        while (left < right && nums[right] === nums[right + 1]) {
          right--
        }
      } else if (sum < 0) {
        left++
        while (left < right && nums[left] === nums[left - 1]) {
          left++
        }
      } else {
        right--
        while (left < right && nums[right] === nums[right + 1]) {
          right--
        }
      }
    }
  }

  return result
}
py
class Solution(object):

    def threeSum(self, nums):
        """
        :type nums: List[int]
        :rtype: List[List[int]]
        """
        nums.sort()
        result = []
        for i in range(len(nums) - 2):
            if i >= 1 and nums[i] == nums[i - 1]:
                continue
            left, right = i + 1, len(nums) - 1
            while left < right:
                a, b, c = nums[i], nums[left], nums[right]
                if a + b + c == 0:
                    result.append([a, b, c])
                    left += 1
                    right -= 1
                    while left < right and nums[left] == nums[left - 1]:
                        left += 1
                    while left < right and nums[right] == nums[right + 1]:
                        right -= 1
                elif a + b + c < 0:
                    left += 1
                    while left < right and nums[left] == nums[left - 1]:
                        left += 1
                else:
                    right -= 1
                    while left < right and nums[right] == nums[right + 1]:
                        right -= 1
        return result