2025-08-11 13:51

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Tags: arrays strings leetcode leetcode-easy Leetcode

Find Closest Number to Zero

Code

class Solution(object):
    def findClosestNumber(self, nums):
        """
        :type nums: List[int]
        :rtype: int
        """
        closest = nums[0]
        
        for x in nums:
            if abs(x) < abs(closest):
                closest = x
        
        if closest < 0 and abs(closest) in nums:
            return abs(closest)
        else:
            return closest

References

AlgoMap