LeetCode in Python

136. Single Number

Easy

Given a non-empty array of integers nums, every element appears twice except for one. Find that single one.

You must implement a solution with a linear runtime complexity and use only constant extra space.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [2,2,1]

Output: 1

Example 2:

Input: nums = [4,1,2,1,2]

Output: 4

Example 3:

Input: nums = [1]

Output: 1

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 3 * 104
• -3 * 104 <= nums[i] <= 3 * 104
• Each element in the array appears twice except for one element which appears only once.

To solve this problem with the Solution class, which requires linear runtime complexity and constant extra space, we can utilize the bitwise XOR operation. Here are the steps:

1. Define the Solution class with a method singleNumber that takes a list of integers nums as input and returns the single number that appears only once.
2. Within the singleNumber method, initialize a variable result to 0.
3. Iterate through each element in the nums list.
4. Perform bitwise XOR operation between result and the current element.
5. After iterating through all elements, result will contain the single number that appears only once due to the properties of XOR operation.
6. Finally, return the result.

Here’s how the Solution class would look like in Python:

class Solution:
    def singleNumber(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
        result = 0
        for num in nums:
            result ^= num
        return result

# Example usage:
solution = Solution()
print(solution.singleNumber([2, 2, 1]))      # Output: 1
print(solution.singleNumber([4, 1, 2, 1, 2]))# Output: 4
print(solution.singleNumber([1]))            # Output: 1

This solution leverages the bitwise XOR operation to find the single number that appears only once in the array, achieving linear runtime complexity and constant extra space usage.

Solution

from typing import List

class Solution:
    def singleNumber(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
        res = 0
        for num in nums:
            res ^= num
        return res

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