Majority Element LeetCode Solution | Easy Approach

Majority Element Given an array nums of size n, return the majority element.

The majority element is the element that appears more than ⌊n / 2⌋ times. You may assume that the majority element always exists in the array.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [3,2,3]
Output: 3

Example 2:

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

Constraints:

• n == nums.length
• 1 <= n <= 5 * 104
• -231 <= nums[i] <= 231 - 1

Majority Element Solutions

✅Time: O(n)
✅Space: O(1)

C++

class Solution {
 public:
  int majorityElement(vector<int>& nums) {
    int ans;
    int count = 0;

    for (const int num : nums) {
      if (count == 0)
        ans = num;
      count += num == ans ? 1 : -1;
    }

    return ans;
  }
};

Java

 class Solution {
  public int majorityElement(int[] nums) {
    Integer ans = null;
    int count = 0;

    for (final int num : nums) {
      if (count == 0)
        ans = num;
      count += num == ans ? 1 : -1;
    }

    return ans;
  }
}

Python

 class Solution:
  def majorityElement(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
    ans = None
    count = 0

    for num in nums:
      if count == 0:
        ans = num
      count += (1 if num == ans else -1)

    return ans

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