C#: Smallest gap between the numbers in an array

C# Sharp Array: Exercise-37 with Solution

Write a C# Sharp program that calculates the smallest gap between numbers in an array of integers.

Sample Data:
({ 7, 5, 8, 9, 11, 23, 18 }) -> 1
({ 200, 300, 250, 151, 162 }) -> 11

Sample Solution-1:

C# Sharp Code:

using System;
using System.Linq;
namespace exercises
{
   class Program
   {
       static void Main(string[] args)
       {
           int[] nums = { 7, 5, 8, 9, 11, 23, 18 };
           Console.WriteLine("Original array elements:");
           Console.WriteLine($"{string.Join(", ", nums)}");
           Console.WriteLine("Smallest gap between the numbers in the said array: " + test(nums));
           int[] nums1 = { 200, 300, 250, 151, 162 };
           Console.WriteLine("\nOriginal array elements:");
           Console.WriteLine($"{string.Join(", ", nums1)}");
           Console.WriteLine("Smallest gap between the numbers in the said array: " + test(nums1));
       }
       public static int test(int[] nums)
       {
           Array.Sort(nums);
           return nums.Skip(1)
                       .Select((e, el) => e - nums[el])
                       .Min();
       }
   }
}

Sample Output:

Original array elements:
7, 5, 8, 9, 11, 23, 18
Smallest gap between the numbers in the said array: 1

Original array elements:
200, 300, 250, 151, 162
Smallest gap between the numbers in the said array: 11
 

Flowchart:

Sample Solution-2:

C# Sharp Code:

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace exercises
{
   class Program
   {
       static void Main(string[] args)
       {
           int[] nums = { 7, 5, 8, 9, 11, 23, 18 };
           Console.WriteLine("Original array elements:");
           Console.WriteLine($"{string.Join(", ", nums)}");
           Console.WriteLine("Smallest gap between the numbers in the said array: " + test(nums));
           int[] nums1 = { 200, 300, 250, 151, 162 };
           Console.WriteLine("\nOriginal array elements:");
           Console.WriteLine($"{string.Join(", ", nums1)}");
           Console.WriteLine("Smallest gap between the numbers in the said array: " + test(nums1));
       }
       public static int test(int[] nums)
       {
           List<int> result = new List<int>();
           Array.Sort(nums);
           for (int i = 0; i < nums.Length; i++)
               if (nums[i] != nums.Last())
                   result.Add(nums[i + 1] - nums[i]);
           return result.Min();
       }
   }
}

Sample Output:

Original array elements:
7, 5, 8, 9, 11, 23, 18
Smallest gap between the numbers in the said array: 1

Original array elements:
200, 300, 250, 151, 162
Smallest gap between the numbers in the said array: 11
 

Flowchart:

C# Sharp Code Editor:

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