Maximum gap problem

Maximum gap problem.

Given n real numbers, find the maximum difference between these n real numbers on the number axis and design a linear time algorithm to solve the maximum gap problem.

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Code Blocks run code:


#include <stdio.h>
#define INF 1<<30
struct node{
    
    
	double left,right;
	double max=-INF,min=INF;
	int index=0;
}x[105];

int main()
{
    
    
	int i,j;
	int n;
	double arr[105],max=-INF,min=INF;
	scanf("%d",&n);
	for(i=0;i<n;i++)
	{
    
    
		scanf("%lf",arr+i);
		if(max<arr[i])
			max=arr[i];
		if(min>arr[i])
			min=arr[i];
	}
	double len = (max-min)/(n-1);

	x[0].left=min;
	x[0].right=min+len;

	for(i=1;i<n-1;i++)
	{
    
    
		x[i].left = x[i-1].right;
		x[i].right = x[i].left + len;
	}
	for(i=0;i<n;i++)
	{
    
    
		int temp = (arr[i]-min)/len;
		if(temp>=n-1)
			temp=n-2;
		x[temp].index++;
		if(arr[i] > x[temp].max)
			x[temp].max=arr[i];
		if(arr[i] < x[temp].min)
			x[temp].min = arr[i];
	}
	double Max = -INF;
	for(i=1;i<n-1;i++)
	{
    
    
		if(x[i].min==INF)
			x[i].min = x[i-1].max;
		if(Max<x[i].min - x[i-1].max)
			Max = x[i].min - x[i-1].max;
		if(x[i].max==-INF)
			x[i].max=x[i].min;
	}
	printf("%lf\n",Max);
	return 0;
}

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