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Find all unique triplets in an array that sum to zero (3Sum).

The naive triple loop is O(n cubed). Sort first, then fix one element and converge two pointers for O(n squared). The real test is deduplication: returning unique triplets without a set. Here is the clean template.

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The naive triple loop is O(n cubed). Sort first, then fix one element and converge two pointers for O(n squared). The real test is deduplication: returning unique triplets without a set. Here is the clean template.

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