Two sum

Procedural

sub two_sum ( @numbers, $sum ) {
    die '@numbers is not sorted' unless [<=] @numbers;

    my ( $i, $j ) = 0, @numbers.end;
    while $i < $j {
        given $sum <=> @numbers[$i,$j].sum {
            when Order::More { $i += 1 }
            when Order::Less { $j -= 1 }
            when Order::Same { return $i, $j }
        }
    }
    return;
}

say two_sum ( 0, 2, 11, 19, 90 ), 21;
say two_sum ( 0, 2, 11, 19, 90 ), 25;

Output:

(1 3)
Nil

Functional

The two versions differ only in how one 'reads' the notional flow of processing: left-to-right versus right-to-left. Both return all pairs that sum to the target value, not just the first (e.g. for input of 0 2 10 11 19 90 would get indices 1/4 and 2/3).

Output:

Last updated

Was this helpful?