Improving JavaScript Code For Kids With Candies Challenge

10m

Math.max(...candies) saves 80% runtime vs brute force solution, beating 88% of submissions!

Got the brute force solution
Javascript Code

/**
 * @param {number[]} candies
 * @param {number} extraCandies
 * @return {boolean[]}
 */
var kidsWithCandies = function(candies, extraCandies) {
    let max = -1 ;
    candies.forEach((candy)=>{
        if(candy >max){
            max = candy
        }
    })
return candies.map((candy)=> candy+extraCandies >= max )
};


    
    

    
    




but it only beats 6%

and this beats 88%

/**
 * @param {number[]} candies
 * @param {number} extraCandies
 * @return {boolean[]}
 */
var kidsWithCandies = function(candies, extraCandies) {
    let max =...

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