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Domain

Python

Difficulty

medium

Seniority

L5

Problem

Given keys (list of integers) and values (list of integers), return a dict mapping each key to the value whose numeric distance is smallest. Ties break by smaller value. Return string keys in the output (JSON compatibility in the test harness).

Summary

Close enough counts. Ties go low.

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