Problem · Array

Find Number of Valid Pairs

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Problem statement

Imagine you have two long lists of numbers, let’s call them a and b, and they are exactly the same length. Your goal is to find special pairs of positions, (i, j), where i is smaller than j, and something interesting happens between the numbers at these positions. For each pair, you’re looking for this magical balance: When you take the number from list a at position i and subtract the number from list b at position j, it should be equal to what you get when you take the number from list a at position j and subtract the number from list b at position i. Your task is to figure out how many such special pairs exist in these two lists.

Function

validPairs(a: int[], b: int[]) → int

Examples

Example 1

a = [2, -2, 5, 3]b = [1, 5, -1, 1]return = 6
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public int validPairs(int[] a, int[] b) {
  // write your code here
}
a[2, -2, 5, 3]
b[1, 5, -1, 1]
expected6
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