Given an array nums containing n + 1 integers where each integer is between 1 and n (inclusive), prove that at least one duplicate number must exist. Assume that there is only one duplicate number, find the duplicate one.
Note:
- You must not modify the array (assume the array is read only).
- You must use only constant, O(1) extra space.
- Your runtime complexity should be less than
O(n2)
. - There is only one duplicate number in the array, but it could be repeated more than once.
Runtime: 28ms
1 class Solution { 2 public: 3 int findDuplicate(vector<int>& nums) { 4 if(nums.empty()) return 0; 5 6 unordered_map<int, int> m; 7 for(int i = 0; i < nums.size(); i++){ 8 if(m.find(nums[i]) == m.end()) 9 m[nums[i]] = i; 10 else return nums[i]; 11 } 12 } 13 };