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2367. Number of Arithmetic Triplets

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Description

You are given a 0-indexed, strictly increasing integer array nums and a positive integer diff. A triplet (i, j, k) is an arithmetic triplet if the following conditions are met:

  • i < j < k,
  • nums[j] - nums[i] == diff, and
  • nums[k] - nums[j] == diff.

Return the number of unique arithmetic triplets.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [0,1,4,6,7,10], diff = 3
Output: 2
Explanation:
(1, 2, 4) is an arithmetic triplet because both 7 - 4 == 3 and 4 - 1 == 3.
(2, 4, 5) is an arithmetic triplet because both 10 - 7 == 3 and 7 - 4 == 3.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [4,5,6,7,8,9], diff = 2
Output: 2
Explanation:
(0, 2, 4) is an arithmetic triplet because both 8 - 6 == 2 and 6 - 4 == 2.
(1, 3, 5) is an arithmetic triplet because both 9 - 7 == 2 and 7 - 5 == 2.

 

Constraints:

  • 3 <= nums.length <= 200
  • 0 <= nums[i] <= 200
  • 1 <= diff <= 50
  • nums is strictly increasing.

Solution

number-of-arithmetic-triplets.py
class Solution:
    def arithmeticTriplets(self, nums: List[int], diff: int) -> int:
        n = len(nums)
        res = 0

        for i in range(n):
            for j in range(i + 1, n):
                for k in range(j + 1, n):
                    if nums[j] - nums[i] == diff and nums[k] - nums[j] == diff:
                        res += 1

        return res