title: Dominator
categories:
- codility
- Leader
comments: false
// you can use includes, for example:
// #include <algorithm>
// you can write to stdout for debugging purposes, e.g.
// cout << "this is a debug message" << endl;
int solution(vector<int> &A) {
// write your code in C++14 (g++ 6.2.0)
if(A.empty()) return -1;
int n = A.size();
int cand = A[0], count = 1;
for(int i=1;i<n;++i){
if(cand == A[i]) count++;
else{
count--;
if(count ==0){
cand = A[i];
count = 1;
}
}
}
/// check more than half
count = 0;
for(int a:A) count+=(a==cand?1:0);
if(count<=n/2) return -1;
// find the index of dominator
for(int i=0;i<n;++i){
if(A[i] == cand) return i;
}
return -1;
}
- time complexity
O(n)
- space complexity
O(1)