Mid/SeniorArrayMath

Minimum Moves to Equal Array Elements

Given an integer array nums of size n, return the minimum number of moves required to make all array elements equal.

In one move, you can increment n - 1 elements of the array by 1.

Example 1
Inputnums = [1,2,3]
Output3
Only three moves are needed because each move increments two elements: [1,2,3] => [2,3,3] => [3,4,3] => [4,4,4].
Example 2
Inputnums = [1,1,1]
Output0
All elements are already equal, so no moves are required.

Constraints

  • n == nums.length
  • 1 <= nums.length <= 10^5
  • -10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
  • The answer is guaranteed to fit in a 32-bit integer.

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