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38 changes: 38 additions & 0 deletions Dynamic-Programming/MaxProductOfThree.js
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/**
* Given an array of numbers, return the maximum product
* of 3 numbers from the array
* https://wsvincent.com/javascript-three-sum-highest-product-of-three-numbers/
* @param {number[]} arrayItems
* @returns number
*/
export function maxProductOfThree(arrayItems) {
// if size is less than 3, no triplet exists
let n = arrayItems.length
if (n < 3) throw new Error('Triplet cannot exist with the given array')
let max1 = arrayItems[0],
max2 = -1,
max3 = -1,
min1 = arrayItems[0],
min2 = -1
for (let i = 1; i < n; i++) {
if (arrayItems[i] > max1) {
max3 = max2
max2 = max1
max1 = arrayItems[i]
} else if (max2 === -1 || arrayItems[i] > max2) {
max3 = max2
max2 = arrayItems[i]
} else if (max3 === -1 || arrayItems[i] > max3) {
max3 = arrayItems[i]
}
if (arrayItems[i] < min1) {
min2 = min1
min1 = arrayItems[i]
} else if (min2 === -1 || arrayItems[i] < min2) {
min2 = arrayItems[i]
}
}
let prod1 = max1 * max2 * max3,
prod2 = max1 * min1 * min2
return Math.max(prod1, prod2)
}
17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions Dynamic-Programming/tests/MaxProductOfThree.test.js
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import { maxProductOfThree } from '../MaxProductOfThree'

describe('MaxProductOfThree', () => {
it('expects to throw error for array with only 2 numbers', () => {
expect(() => {
maxProductOfThree([1, 3])
}).toThrow('Triplet cannot exist with the given array')
})

it('expects to return 300 as the maximum product', () => {
expect(maxProductOfThree([10, 6, 5, 3, 1, -10])).toBe(300)
})

it('expects to return 300 as the maximum product', () => {
expect(maxProductOfThree([10, -6, 5, 3, 1, -10])).toBe(600)
})
})