Find smallest particle by removing them and add by their absolute difference

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You have given n particles (> 0). You smash them two particles and genrates new particle by their absolute difference. Old particles have vanished.

If particles can be samshed any way Print minimum particle can be got.

Constraint: 1 <= particle <= 10^4

Eg1:
I/p: 30 27 26 10 6
O/p: 0

Explanation:
30 26 samshes gives 4. Updated array 4 27 10 6
10 6 samshes gives 4. Updated array 4 27 4
4 4 samshes gives 0. Updated array 27 0
Min particle is 0

Eg2:
I/p: 1 2 4 8
O/p: 1

Explanation:
No matter how you smash min particle is 1

Eg3:
I/p: 101 75 40 30
O/p: 4

Explanation:
101, 75 --> 26 then 30, 26 --> 4.

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Please provide the link of the problem.

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It was asked in company. If you have difficulty to understand please point out. I try to clear things

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Generally people avoid such request in which the problem link is not provided. It may be possible that, It was asked from a on-going contest. which not fair, So try to put link’s for fast and better reach…your explanation is clear cut.

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I think it can be done using multiset… you have to insert every element into a multiset… then from the end you should pick two elements smash them erase both elements and then insert the absolute difference into the multiset again… in the end remaining element is the answer… if none remains then answer is zero…

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@abdullahmoosa your solution won’t work.