true. I agree , we can use additional memory which will be constant
irrespective of counjt of elements.

But using an hash wont be a constant memory as input can keep on varying.

Thx,
--Gopi

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Dipankar Patro <[email protected]> wrote:

> O(1) space means constant space. It doesn't mean you can't use extra space.
> Refer here:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2219109/what-does-this-mean-on-steps-and-o1-space
>
> According to the question you can definitely use a Hash Table for keeping
> hit record, as it will be a constant space (provided the range of numbers is
> known).
>
> In case the range of numbers is not known, BST will be close answer. Since
> only one element will be repeating, the process of making the BST can be
> stopped when the first repeating element is caught. BUT, this will be O(n)
> space, as the number of nodes in BST will be n-1 in worst case.
>
> On 19 August 2011 07:59, *$* <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> only once
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 7:57 AM, saurabh singh <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> The element is repeated only once or can be repeated k number of times??
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 7:50 AM, *$* <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think we are using hash , which is like extra spaace , but as per the
>>>> question , O(s) = 1.
>>>>
>>>> Thx,
>>>> --Gopi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:15 AM, icy` <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> #!/usr/bin/ruby -w
>>>>> #array of unsorted positive integers
>>>>> # find the [only] one that is duplicated
>>>>>
>>>>> arr= [97,2,54,26,67,12,1,19,44,4,29,36,67,14,93,22,39,89]
>>>>> h = Hash.new(0)
>>>>>
>>>>> arr.each {|n|
>>>>>        h[n]+=1
>>>>>        (puts n; break) if h[n]==2
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> #output
>>>>> #67
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope this meets the requirements ;P
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 18, 3:15 pm, "*$*" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> > How to find duplicate element (only one element is repeated) from an
>>>>> array
>>>>> > of unsorted positive integers..
>>>>> > time complexity .. O(n)
>>>>> > space .. o(1).
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