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---
title: '977. Squares of a Sorted Array'
description: Given an integer array nums sorted in non-decreasing order, return an array of the squares of each number sorted in non-decreasing order
sidebar:
badge: 'Easy'
---
<Badge variant="accent">Two Pointers</Badge>
::::warning
Squaring each element and sorting the new array is very trivial, could you find an O(n) solution using a different approach?
::::
### Example 1:
- Input: `nums = [-4,-1,0,3,10]`
- Output: `[0,1,9,16,100]`
- Explanation: After squaring, the array becomes `[16,1,0,9,100]`. After sorting, it becomes `[0,1,9,16,100]`.
### Example 2:
- Input: `nums = [-7,-3,2,3,11]`
- Output: `[4,9,9,49,121]`
### Constraints:
- `1 <= nums.length <= 10^4`
- `-10^4 <= nums[i] <= 10^4`
- `nums` is sorted in non-decreasing order.
## Solution
```js
/**
* @param {number[]} nums
* @return {number[]}
*/
var sortedSquares = function(nums) {
let n = nums.length;
let ans = new Array(nums.length);
let left = 0, right = nums.length - 1;
for (let i = n -1; i >= 0; i--){
let square;
if(Math.abs(nums[left]) < Math.abs(nums[right])){
square = nums[right];
right--;
}else{
square = nums[left];
left++;
}
ans[i] = square*square;
}
return ans;
};
```