#643 - Maximum Average Subarray I

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Problem Description

You are given an integer array nums consisting of n elements, and an integer k.

Find a contiguous subarray whose length is equal to k that has the maximum average value and return this value. Any answer with a calculation error less than 10-5 will be accepted.

Solution

/**
 * @param {number[]} nums
 * @param {number} k
 * @return {number}
 */
var findMaxAverage = function(nums, k) {
  let sum = 0;
  for (let i = 0; i < k; i++) {
    sum += nums[i];
  }

  let max = sum;
  for (let i = k; i < nums.length; i++) {
    sum = sum - nums[i - k] + nums[i];
    max = Math.max(max, sum);
  }

  return max / k;
};