Tasks Details
easy
Find the missing element in a given permutation.
Task Score
100%
Correctness
100%
Performance
100%
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:
def solution(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] = 5the 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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Solution
Programming language used Python
Time spent on task 6 minutes
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Code: 12:31:55 UTC,
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Code: 12:33:16 UTC,
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result: Failed
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WRONG ANSWER,
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stdout:
6.0 6.0
Code: 12:33:39 UTC,
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result: Failed
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6.0 11
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6.0 11
Code: 12:34:22 UTC,
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result: Failed
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0.036 s
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10.0 11
Code: 12:34:51 UTC,
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10.0 11
Code: 12:35:39 UTC,
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result: Failed
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15.0 11
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15.0 4.0
Code: 12:35:59 UTC,
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result: Failed
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0.036 s
RUNTIME ERROR,
tested program terminated with exit code 1
stderr:
Invalid result type, int expected, <class 'float'> found.stdout:
15.0 4.0
Code: 12:36:14 UTC,
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Code: 12:36:15 UTC,
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result: Failed
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0.036 s
RUNTIME ERROR,
tested program terminated with exit code 1
stderr:
Invalid result type, int expected, <class 'float'> found.stdout:
15.0 4.0
Code: 12:36:35 UTC,
py,
verify,
result: Failed
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0.036 s
RUNTIME ERROR,
tested program terminated with exit code 1
stderr:
Invalid result type, int expected, <class 'float'> found.stdout:
15.0 4.0
Code: 12:36:48 UTC,
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Code: 12:37:03 UTC,
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result: Failed
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0.036 s
RUNTIME ERROR,
tested program terminated with exit code 1
stderr:
Invalid result type, int expected, <class 'float'> found.stdout:
15.0 4.0
Code: 12:37:18 UTC,
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Code: 12:37:23 UTC,
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result: Passed
Analysis
Code: 12:37:32 UTC,
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result: Passed
Analysis
Code: 12:37:46 UTC,
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result: Passed
Analysis
Code: 12:37:49 UTC,
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final,
score: 
100
Analysis summary
The solution obtained perfect score.
Analysis
Detected time complexity:
O(N) or O(N * log(N))
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Correctness tests
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Performance tests
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