Codility Test (05. PermMissingElem)

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Codility Test (05. PermMissingElem)

An array A consisting of N different integers is given. The array contains integers in the range [1..(N + 1)], which means that exactly one element is missing.

Your goal is to find that missing element.

Write a function:

class Solution { public int solution(int[] A); }

that, given an array A, returns the value of the missing element.

For example, given array A such that:

A[0] = 2 A[1] = 3 A[2] = 1 A[3] = 5

the function should return 4, as it is the missing element.

Write an **efficient** algorithm for the following assumptions:

  • N is an integer within the range [0..100,000];
  • the elements of A are all distinct;
  • each element of array A is an integer within the range [1..(N + 1)].

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問題回答

import java.util.*;

class Solution {
    public int solution(int[] A) {
        // write your code in Java SE 8
        Arrays.sort(A);
        for (int i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
            if(i + 1 != A[i]) {
                return i + 1;
            }
        }
        return A.length + 1;
    }
}

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