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Counting Fair Pairs In An Array With Binary Search And Sorting

Count fair pairs in array nums with lower <= nums[i] + nums[j] <= upper. Sort nums, use binary search for bounds & count valid indices.

2563. Count the Number of Fair Pairs
Difficulty: Medium
Topics: Array, Two Pointers, Binary Search, Sorting
Given a 0-indexed integer array nums of size n and two integers lower and upper, return the number of fair pairs.
A pair (i, j) is fair if:

0 <= i < j < n, and
lower <= nums[i] + nums[j] <= upper

Example 1:

Input: nums = [0,1,7,4,4,5], lower = 3, upper = 6
Output: 6
Explanation: There are 6 fair pairs: (0,3), (0,4), (0,5), (1,3), (1,4), and (1,5).

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,7,9,2,5], lower = 11, upper = 11
Output: 1
Explanation: There is a single fair pair: (2,3).

Constraints:

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