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 ... <shivsinha2...@gmail.com> 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 <apoorvemo...@gmail.com>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 <akshayrastogi2...@gmail.com>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 algoge...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> . >>> 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 algoge...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> 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 algoge...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > 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 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.
