Python: Compute the summation of the absolute difference of all distinct pairs in a given array
Python Basic - 1: Exercise-26 with Solution
Write a Python program to compute the summation of the absolute difference of all distinct pairs in a given array (non-decreasing order).
Sample array: [1, 2, 3]
Then all the distinct pairs will be:
1 2
1 3
2 3
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
def sum_distinct_pairs(arr):
result = 0
i = 0
while i<len(arr):
result+=i*arr[i]-(len(arr)-i-1)*arr[i]
i+=1
return result
print(sum_distinct_pairs([1,2,3]))
print(sum_distinct_pairs([1,4,5]))
Sample Output:
4 8
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