206. Majority Element

Easy
Boyer-Moore Voting
Array

Problem

Given an array nums of size n, return the majority element. The majority element appears more than floor(n / 2) times and is guaranteed to exist.

Examples

Example 1

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

Example 2

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

Example 3

Input: [1]
Output: 1
Constraints

1 <= nums.length <= 100000

-1000000000 <= nums[i] <= 1000000000

A majority element always exists.

Hints

?? Pair occurrences of different values and cancel them.

?? The element that survives the cancellation is the majority candidate.

Expected Complexity
Time: O(n)
Space: O(1)
Follow-up

Can you solve it in O(n) time and O(1) extra space?

Practice Notes

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Input
[3,2,3]
Expected
3