1464. Maximum Product of Two Elements in an Array

 Given the array of integers nums, you will choose two different indices i and j of that array. Return the maximum value of (nums[i]-1)*(nums[j]-1).

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [3,4,5,2]
Output: 12 
Explanation: If you choose the indices i=1 and j=2 (indexed from 0), you will get the maximum value, that is, (nums[1]-1)*(nums[2]-1) = (4-1)*(5-1) = 3*4 = 12. 

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,5,4,5]
Output: 16
Explanation: Choosing the indices i=1 and j=3 (indexed from 0), you will get the maximum value of (5-1)*(5-1) = 16.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [3,7]
Output: 12

 

Constraints:

• 2 <= nums.length <= 500
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^3

In JS:

var maxProduct = function(nums) {

    nums.sort(function(a, b){return a - b});

    let first = nums.length-2;

    let second = nums.length-1;

    let result = (nums[first]-1)*(nums[second]-1);

    return result;

};