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LeetCode 870, Medium. Topics: Array, Two Pointers, Greedy, Sorting. View on LeetCode. Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 20 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:

Problem

You are given two integer arrays nums1 and nums2 both of the same length. The advantage of nums1 with respect to nums2 is the number of indices i for which nums1[i] > nums2[i]. Return any permutation of nums1 that maximizes its advantage with respect to nums2.

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Constraints

  • 1 <= nums1.length <= 10^5
  • nums2.length == nums1.length
  • 0 <= nums1[i], nums2[i] <= 10^9
Note: Multiple permutations can achieve the maximum advantage, so any valid one is accepted. The tests assert that the result is a permutation of nums1 that reaches the maximum possible advantage count.

Solution

Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:

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Last modified on September 7, 2026