Day 41 of 100 Days LeetCode Challenge

LeetCode Challenge #287. Find the Duplicate Number

Given an array of integers nums containing n + 1 integers where each integer is in the range [1, n] inclusive.

There is only one repeated number in nums, return this repeated number.

You must solve the problem without modifying the array nums and uses only constant extra space.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,3,4,2,2]
Output: 2

Example 2:

Input: nums = [3,1,3,4,2]
Output: 3

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= n <= 105
  • nums.length == n + 1
  • 1 <= nums[i] <= n
  • All the integers in nums appear only once except for precisely one integer which appears two or more times.
Video Solution
Java Solution
				
					class Solution {
    public int findDuplicate(int[] nums) {

        int ans = 0 ;

       for(int i=0;i<nums.length;i++){
           int ele = nums[i];
           ele = Math.abs(ele);

           if(nums[ele]>0){
               nums[ele]=-nums[ele];
           }else{
               ans =  ele ;
               break;
           }
       } 

       for(int i=0;i<nums.length;i++){
           nums[i]=Math.abs(nums[i]);
       }

       return ans ;
    }
}
				
			

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