Good approach Shiv.I think thats the best way to do so.The question does not strictly say we have consecutive n-1 distinct numbers.So,its not worth considering that particular case.
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Shiv ... <[email protected]> wrote: > What if the number are not consecutive? > > My approach- > Put the numbers in a hash till a collision occurs. > > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Apoorve Mohan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Solution : >> >> 1. Find Xor of numbers from 1 to n-1. >> >> 2. Find Xor of the numbers present in the array. >> >> 3. Xor the results from step 1 and 2 you will get the repeated number. >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:46 PM, akshay <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> An array of unsorted numbers n is given with one no.repeated once ie >>> n-1 distinct nos to find duplicate no. in o(n) complexity >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<algogeeks%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> regards >> >> Apoorve Mohan >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<algogeeks%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<algogeeks%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- Regards, Ashish -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
