CodingEasycod-g1174

Subject ArraysLevel Entry–Mid~10 minCommon in Algorithms & data structures interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

A warehouse wants every product topped up to a minimum stock level. Given the current count of each product and the target level, return the total number of units to order: for each product below the target, add (target minus its count); products at or above the target need nothing. Example: counts [3, 7, 2] with target 5 needs 2 + 0 + 3 = 5 units.

Implement

restock_units(counts: list[int], target: int) → int

Examples

in[[3,7,2],5]out5

What a strong answer looks like

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Learn the concepts

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