# 453. Minimum Moves to Equal Array Elements
Given a non-empty integer array of size n, find the minimum number of moves required to make all array elements equal, where a move is incrementing n - 1 elements by 1.
Example:
Input:
[1,2,3]
Output:
3
Explanation:
Only three moves are needed (remember each move increments two elements):
[1,2,3] => [2,3,3] => [3,4,3] => [4,4,4]
# Solution
Approach 1: simultaneously incrementing n - 1 elements by 1 is equivalent to decrementing 1 element by 1.
# Code (Python)
Approach 1:
def minMoves(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
# simultaneously incrementing n - 1 elements by 1 is equivalent to decrementing 1 element by 1, so just find the total diffs with the min element
min_value = min(nums)
return sum(num - min_value for num in nums)
# Code (C++)
Approach 1:
Approach 2: