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solution.py
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#!/bin/python3
import math
import os
import random
import re
import sys
# Complete the closestNumbers function below.
def closestNumbers(arr):
# we sort the array in ascending order
arr.sort()
# we define the initialiser flag (init_flag) which will help to
# initialise the first value of the minimum difference (min_diff)
init_flag=0
min_diff=0
# we run a loop which checks the difference of each consectutive element.
# since the array is in ascending order , the minimum differnce will be
# between 2 consecutive numbers.
for i in range(len(arr)-1):
# checking whether this is the first iteration or not
if(init_flag==0):
# initialise the min_diff with the first difference
min_diff=arr[i+1]-arr[i]
# set the flag to 1
init_flag=1
# if min_diff is already initialised (i.e , if init_flag==1)
# then check whether new difference is smaller than the previous one
# then update the value stored in min_diff.
elif(min_diff>(arr[i+1]-arr[i])):
min_diff=arr[i+1]-arr[i]
# make a new array to store the values
new_arr=[]
# run another loop and this time if we get two consecutive numbers with
# difference = maxdiff , then add those values to the new_arr.
for i in range(len(arr)-1):
if((arr[i+1]-arr[i])==min_diff):
# appending the values to the array
new_arr.append(arr[i])
new_arr.append(arr[i+1])
# return this array
return new_arr
# driver code or main function
if __name__ == '__main__':
fptr = open(os.environ['OUTPUT_PATH'], 'w')
n = int(input())
arr = list(map(int, input().rstrip().split()))
result = closestNumbers(arr)
fptr.write(' '.join(map(str, result)))
fptr.write('\n')
fptr.close()