From cff85a0488aa45561125bccedb18f49341f6b4e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cal Barkman <callahan.barkman@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 21:40:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Problem 026 quick and dirty, but executes very fast

---
 problem_026/solution.py      | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 problem_026/test_inputs.json | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 problem_026/solution.py
 create mode 100644 problem_026/test_inputs.json

diff --git a/problem_026/solution.py b/problem_026/solution.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcad5c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/problem_026/solution.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Extra header to ensure that tests can run individually and as a suite
+#  -------------------------------------------------------------------
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+# Add the project root folder to the Python path
+sys.path.append(str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]))
+#  -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Now you can import your wrapper
+from test_runner.wrapper import run_tests
+from typing import List
+
+class Solution:
+    def removeDuplicates(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
+        # Remove duplicates by creating a set
+        nums_set = set(nums)
+        # Get the length for a return value
+        k = len(nums_set)
+        # Create a temporary list (bad for memory complexity, good for writing quickly)
+        temp_list = list(nums_set)
+        # Sort that list for how the answer expects the results
+        temp_list.sort()
+        # Replace in memory the values of nums with temp_list
+        nums[:] = temp_list
+        return k
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Get the directory where this solution.py script lives
+    script_dir = Path(__file__).parent
+    
+    # Join the script's directory with the JSON filename to create a full path
+    # Make sure your file is actually named "test_inputs.json"!
+    test_file_path = script_dir / "test_inputs.json"
+    
+    run_tests(Solution, test_file_path)
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diff --git a/problem_026/test_inputs.json b/problem_026/test_inputs.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ea624f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/problem_026/test_inputs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "method": "removeDuplicates",
+    "tests": [
+        {
+            "Input": "[1,1,2]",
+            "Output": "2"
+        },
+        {
+            "Input": "[0,0,1,1,1,2,2,3,3,4]",
+            "Output": "5"
+        }
+    ]
+}
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