658. Find k closest elements

Given a sorted integer array arr, two integers k and x, return the k closest integers to x in the array. The result should also be sorted in ascending order. An integer a is closer to x than an integer b if:

|a - x| < |b - x|, or
|a - x| == |b - x| and a < b 

Example 1: Input: arr = [1,2,3,4,5], k = 4, x = 3 Output: [1,2,3,4]

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class Solution:
    def findClosestElements(self, arr: List[int], k: int, x: int) -> List[int]:
        if x <= arr[0]:
            return arr[:k]
        if x >= arr[-1]:
            return arr[-k:]

        left, right = 0, len(arr) - k
        while left < right:
            mid = left + (right - left) // 2
            # if abs(arr[mid]-x) > abs(arr[mid+k]-x):
            if x - arr[mid] > arr[mid+k] - x:
                left = mid + 1
            else:
                right = mid
        return arr[left:left+k]