JavaScript solution for Odd Occurrences In an Array

Faiz Hameed
2 min readAug 29, 2019

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This is the codility problem in Lesson #2.1

A non-empty array A consisting of N integers is given. The array contains an odd number of elements, and each element of the array can be paired with another element that has the same value, except for one element that is left unpaired.

For example, in array A such that:

A[0] = 9 A[1] = 3 A[2] = 9 A[3] = 3 A[4] = 9 A[5] = 7 A[6] = 9

  • the elements at indexes 0 and 2 have value 9,
  • the elements at indexes 1 and 3 have value 3,
  • the elements at indexes 4 and 6 have value 9,
  • the element at index 5 has value 7 and is unpaired.

Write a function:

function solution(A);

that, given an array A consisting of N integers fulfilling the above conditions, returns the value of the unpaired element.

For example, given array A such that:

A[0] = 9 A[1] = 3 A[2] = 9 A[3] = 3 A[4] = 9 A[5] = 7 A[6] = 9

the function should return 7, as explained in the example above.

Write an efficient algorithm for the following assumptions:

  • N is an odd integer within the range [1..1,000,000];
  • each element of array A is an integer within the range [1..1,000,000,000];
  • all but one of the values in A occur an even number of times.

Solution

function solution(A){let N=[…A];N.sort(function(a, b){return b-a}) /* sorting array in descending order*/for(let i=0;i<N.length;i++){if(N[i]==N[i+1]){N.splice(i,2);i=-1;}if(N[i+1]==undefined){return parseInt(N.join(‘’))}}}

I am Getting time complexity of O(n**2) any better solutions?

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Faiz Hameed
Faiz Hameed

Written by Faiz Hameed

Software Engineer at Google. Enjoy making lovely stuff.

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