Find the Duplicate Number Problem Statement

Given an integer array 'ARR' of size 'N' containing numbers from 0 to (N - 2). Each number appears at least once, and there is one number that appears twice. Your task is to find and return this duplicate number.

Example:

Input:
t = 1
N = 5
ARR = [0, 3, 1, 2, 3]
Output:
3
Explanation:

The number '3' is the duplicate because it appears twice in the array.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= t <= 10^2
  • 0 <= N <= 10^3
  • Time Limit: 1 sec
Note:

The duplicate number is always present in the given array.

AnswerBot
1y

Given an array of size N containing numbers from 0 to (N-2), find and return the duplicate number.

  • Iterate through the array and keep track of the frequency of each number using a hashmap.

  • Return the nu...read more

Anonymous
1y
List not allowed duplicate values
cute puppy
1y
First find xor of all the element between 1 to n in o(1) using n%4 trick and then xor the result with all the elements of array linearly. PS: if you don't know the n%4 trick... here it is https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/calculate-xor-1-n/amp/
Anjali prajapati
1y

Duplicate values are not allowed

Anjali prajapati
1y

List not allowed duplicate values

Kareem 888 (Kstar)
2y

List not allowed duplicate values

Anonymous
2y

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int array size 'N';

else,number 0 to (N-2);

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number presentt once,

print,N=5,;

while,array ranging 0 to3,

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if single integers present twice,;

goto,if else;

(break) the numb...read more

Prashanth Jayaram
2y

Set unique = new HashSet();
List duplicateList = Arrays.of(inputArray);

duplicateList.stream().filter(s-> !unique.add(s)).forEach(System.out.println);

Harshal Dhamankar
2y

Sure, I can help you with that. Here is the algorithm to find the duplicate number in an array:

  1. Iterate through the array and create a set of all the elements in the array.

  2. Iterate through the set and c...read more

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