2025-08-22 11:06:34 +0000 UTC

class Solution:
    def maximumStrongPairXor(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
        nums.sort()
        n, l, r, res = len(nums), 0, 0, 0
        while r < n:
            num1, num2 = nums[l], nums[r]
            if num2 - num1 > num1:
                l += 1
                continue
            for i in range(l, r):
                res = max(res, nums[i] ^ num2)
            r += 1
        return res