sum of first N numbers is n(n+1)/2 . take the sum of given numbers and subtract it from n(n+1)/2.
Thanks Sri On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Banoo <banoo.rekh...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > can you help me solve the following problem? > > You are given an unsorted list of n-1 distinct integers from the range > 1 to n. Write a linear-time algorithm to find the missing integer. > > > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- SK Malik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.