Merge pull request #1957 from andynullwong/0881

Create 0881-boats-to-save-people.js

Author: tahsintunan

javascript/0881-boats-to-save-people.js

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+/**
+ * @param {number[]} people
+ * @param {number} limit
+ * @return {number}
+ */
+var numRescueBoats = function (people, limit) {
+    const sortedPeople = people.sort((a, b) => a - b);
+    let left = 0;
+    let right = people.length - 1;
+    let boats = 0;
+
+    while (left <= right) {
+        const weight = sortedPeople[left] + sortedPeople[right];
+        if (left === right || weight <= limit) {
+            left++;
+            right--;
+        } else {
+            right--;
+        }
+        boats++;
+    }
+    return boats;
+};