540. Single Element in a Sorted Array
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Difficulty: medium Acceptance: 59% Topics: Array, Binary Search
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Reference solution (spoiler · python)
# Time: O(logn)
# Space: O(1)
class Solution(object):
def singleNonDuplicate(self, nums):
"""
:type nums: List[int]
:rtype: int
"""
left, right = 0, len(nums)-1
while left <= right:
mid = left + (right - left) / 2
if not (mid%2 == 0 and mid+1 < len(nums) and \
nums[mid] == nums[mid+1]) and \
not (mid%2 == 1 and nums[mid] == nums[mid-1]):
right = mid-1
else:
left = mid+1
return nums[left]
Solution from kamyu104/LeetCode-Solutions · MIT