Given an array nums containing n + 1 integers where each integer is between 1 and n (inclusive), prove that at least one duplicate number must exist. Assume that there is only one duplicate number, find the duplicate one.
Example 1:
Input: [1,3,4,2,2]
Output: 2
Example 2:
Input: [3,1,3,4,2] Output: 3
Note:
- You must not modify the array (assume the array is read only).
- You must use only constant, O(1) extra space.
- Your runtime complexity should be less than O(n2).
- There is only one duplicate number in the array, but it could be repeated more than once
public int findDuplicate(int[] nums) { //二分搜素法 //我们在区别[1, n]中搜索,首先求出中点mid,然后遍历整个数组,统计所有小于等于mid的数的个数,如果个数大于mid,则说明重复值在[mid+1, n]之间,反之,重复值应在[1, mid-1]之间,然后依次类推,知道搜索完成,此时的low就是我们要求的重复值 int low = 1, high = nums.length - 1; while (low <= high) { int mid = low + (high - low) / 2; int cnt = 0; for (int a : nums) { if (a <= mid) ++cnt; } if (cnt <= mid) low = mid + 1; else high = mid - 1; } return low; } //快慢指针问题(思想比较好,也是平时面试中的经典变形题) //参见 http://bookshadow.com/weblog/2015/09/28/leetcode-find-duplicate-number/ // if (nums.length > 1) // { // int slow = nums[0]; // int fast = nums[nums[0]]; // while (slow != fast) // { // slow = nums[slow]; // fast = nums[nums[fast]]; // } // fast = 0; // while (fast != slow) // { // fast = nums[fast]; // slow = nums[slow]; // } // return slow; // } // return -1;