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K Closest Points to Origin

Problem statement

Given an array of points where points[i] = [xi, yi] represents a point on the X-Y plane and an integer k, return the k closest points to the origin (0, 0).

The distance between two points on the X-Y plane is the Euclidean distance (i.e., √(x1 - x2)2 + (y1 - y2)2).

You may return the answer in any order. The answer is guaranteed to be unique (except for the order that it is in).

Example 1:

Input: points = [[1,3],[-2,2]], k = 1Output: [[-2,2]]Explanation:The distance between (1, 3) and the origin is sqrt(10).The distance between (-2, 2) and the origin is sqrt(8).Since sqrt(8) < sqrt(10), (-2, 2) is closer to the origin.We only want the closest k = 1 points from the origin, so the answer is just [[-2,2]].

Example 2:

Input: points = [[3,3],[5,-1],[-2,4]], k = 2Output: [[3,3],[-2,4]]Explanation: The answer [[-2,4],[3,3]] would also be accepted.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= k <= points.length <= 104
  • -104 < xi, yi < 104

My solution

/**
* @param {number[][]} points
* @param {number} K
* @return {number[][]}
*/
var kClosest = function(points, K) {
for (let i = 0; i < points.length; i++) {
const [a, b] = points[i];
const distance = Math.sqrt(a * a + b * b);
points[i] = [a, b, distance];
}

points.sort((a, b) => {
if (a[2] < b[2]) {
return -1
}
if (a[2] > b[2]) {
return 1
}
return 0;
})
// console.log(points);
return points.slice(0, K).map(v => [v[0], v[1]])
// return track[
// points.sort()[K - 1]
// ]
};