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32 changes: 32 additions & 0 deletions findMissing.py
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# Find missing number in a

# Time Complexity : O(log n)
# Space Complexity : O(1)
# Any problem you faced while coding this : no

class Solution:

def findMissing(self, nums):
low, high = 0, len(nums) - 1

while low <= high:
mid = (low + high) // 2

# exit condition
if nums[mid] - nums[mid - 1] == 2:
return nums[mid] - 1

# decide which half to eliminate
if (nums[mid] - nums[low]) > (mid - low): #element is missing in left part of the array
high = mid - 1
else: #element is missing in right part of the array
low = mid + 1

return -1

s = Solution()
result = s.findMissing([2,3,4,5,7,8])
result = s.findMissing([2,3,4,5,6,8])
result = s.findMissing([2,4,5,6,7,8])
result = s.findMissing([1,3])
print(result)