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Minimize difference between the largest and smallest array elements by K replacements | Function to find minimum difference between largest and smallest element after K replacements.
Sort array in ascending order.
Length of array.
Minimum difference.
Check for all K + 1 possibilities.
Return answer.
Driver Code.
Given array.
Prints the minimum possible difference"
Solution in Python:
 Give me a code to minimize difference between the largest and smallest array elements by K replacements and the other steps required?
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#Here is code to minimize difference between the largest and smallest array elements by K replacements and the other steps required.
 def minDiff ( A , K ) :
	A . sort ( ) ;
	n = len ( A ) ;
	if ( n <= K ) :
		return 0 ;
	mindiff = A [ n - 1 ] - A [ 0 ] ;
	if ( K == 0 ) :
		return mindiff ;
	i = 0 ;
	for j in range ( n - 1 - K , n ) :
		mindiff = min ( mindiff , A [ j ] - A [ i ] ) ;
		i += 1 ;
		j += 1 ;
	return mindiff ;
if __name__ == ' _ _ main _ _ ' :
	A = [ - 1 , 3 , - 1 , 8 , 5 , 4 ] ;
	K = 3 ;
	print ( minDiff ( A , K ) ) ;