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LeetCode 209, Medium. Topics: Array, Binary Search, Sliding Window, Prefix Sum. View on LeetCode. Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 15 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:

Problem

Given an array of positive integers nums and a positive integer target, return the minimal length of a subarray whose sum is greater than or equal to target. If there is no such subarray, return 0 instead.

Examples

Constraints

  • 1 <= target <= 10^9
  • 1 <= nums.length <= 10^5
  • 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^4
Follow up: If you have figured out the O(n) solution, try coding another solution of which the time complexity is O(n log(n)).

Solution

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

Complexity

Tags

NeetCode 250, NeetCode All.
Last modified on August 25, 2026