Single Number Others Twice
Last modified: July 21, 2026
Given a non-emptyΒ array of integers nums, every element appears twice except for one. Find that single one.
You mustΒ implement a solution with a linear runtime complexity and useΒ only constantΒ extra space.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [2,2,1]
Output: 1
Example 2:
Input: nums = [4,1,2,1,2]
Output: 4
Example 3:
Input: nums = [1]
Output: 1
Constraints:
1 <= nums.length <= 3 * 104-3 * 104 <= nums[i] <= 3 * 104- Each element in the array appears twice except for one element which appears only once.'
Approach
- Take XOR of all the numbers
class Solution:
def singleNumber(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
xor = nums[0]
for i in range(1,len(nums)):
xor = nums[i] ^ xor
return xor