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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions Array/Chocolate Distribution Problem/Question.txt
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Chocolate Distribution Problem
Given an array of n integers where each value represents the number of chocolates in a packet. Each packet can have a variable number of chocolates. There are m students, the task is to distribute chocolate packets such that:

1.)Each student gets one packet.
2.)The difference between the number of chocolates in the packet with maximum chocolates and packet with minimum chocolates given to the students is minimum.

45 changes: 45 additions & 0 deletions Array/Chocolate Distribution Problem/Solution.java
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// JAVA Code For Chocolate Distribution Problem
import java.util.*;

class Chocolate {

static int findMinDiff(int arr[], int n, int m)
{

if (m == 0 || n == 0)
return 0;


Arrays.sort(arr);


if (n < m)
return -1;


int min_diff = Integer.MAX_VALUE;



for (int i = 0; i + m - 1 < n; i++)
{
int diff = arr[i+m-1] - arr[i];
if (diff < min_diff)
min_diff = diff;
}
return min_diff;
}


public static void main(String[] args)
{
int arr[] = {12, 4, 7, 9, 2, 23,25, 41, 30, 40, 28,42, 30, 44, 48, 43,50};

int m = 7; // Number of students

int n = arr.length;
System.out.println("Minimum difference is "+ findMinDiff(arr, n, m));

}
}