Python | Minimum Difference in Matrix Columns Last Updated : 17 Apr, 2023 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report This particular article focuses on a problem that has utility in competitive as well as day-day programming. Sometimes, we need to get the minimum difference between the like indices when compared with the next list. The minimum difference between the like elements in that index is returned. Let’s discuss certain ways in which this task can be performed. Method #1 : Using min() + abs() + zip() + list comprehension This particular problem can also be solved using the combination of the above 4 operations. Here zip function does the dual task of pairing the list and also pairing the like indices for difference, to be computed by abs function and then minimum is found using min function, all bounded by list comprehension. Python3 # Python3 code to demonstrate # Minimum Difference in Matrix Columns # using min() + abs() + zip() + list comprehension # initializing list test_list = [[3, 4, 5], [4, 6, 8], [1, 9, 2], [3, 7, 10]] # printing original list print("The original list : " + str(test_list)) # using min() + abs() + zip() + list comprehension # Minimum Difference in Matrix Columns res = [min(abs(i - j) for i, j in zip(*ele)) for ele in zip(test_list, test_list[1:])] # print result print("The minimum difference sublist : " + str(res)) Output : The original list : [[3, 4, 5], [4, 6, 8], [1, 9, 2], [3, 7, 10]] The minimum difference sublist : [1, 3, 2] Time Complexity: O(n*n), where n is the number of elements in the list “test_list”.Auxiliary Space: O(n), where n is the number of elements in the list “test_list”. Method #2 : Using min() + map() + abs + zip() This task can also be achieved using the combination of above functions, the addition is map function that performs the task of binding of abs operation to the whole list. Python3 # Python3 code to demonstrate # Minimum Difference in Matrix Columns # using min() + map() + abs + zip() # initializing list test_list = [[3, 4, 5], [4, 6, 8], [1, 9, 2], [3, 7, 10]] # printing original list print("The original list : " + str(test_list)) # using min() + map() + abs + zip() # Minimum absolute difference list of list res = [min(map(abs, (i - j for i, j in zip(x, y)))) for x, y in zip(test_list, test_list[1:])] # print result print("The minimum difference sublist : " + str(res)) Output : The original list : [[3, 4, 5], [4, 6, 8], [1, 9, 2], [3, 7, 10]] The minimum difference sublist : [1, 3, 2] Comment More infoAdvertise with us Next Article Python | Minimum Difference in Matrix Columns manjeet_04 Follow Improve Article Tags : Python Python Programs Python list-programs Practice Tags : python Similar Reads Python - Maximum difference across lists Given two lists, the task is to write a Python program to find maximum difference among like index elements. Examples: Input : test_list1 = [3, 4, 2, 1, 7], test_list2 = [6, 2, 1, 9, 1]Output : 8Explanation : 9 - 1 = 8 is maximum difference across lists in same index. 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