leetcode: Majority Element

169. Majority Element

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Given an array of size n, find the majority element. The majority element is the element that appears 

more than ⌊ n/2 ⌋ times.

You may assume that the array is non-empty and the majority element always exist in the array.

方法一：

将数组排序，然后中间位置的数字一定为次数大于n/2次的数。

import java.util.*;
public class Solution {
    public int majorityElement(int[] nums) {
        Arrays.sort(nums);
        int m = nums.length;
        return nums[m/2];
    }
}

方法二：

每找出两个不同的element，则成对删除。最终剩下的一定就是所求的。

可扩展到⌊ n/k ⌋的情况，每k个不同的element进行成对删除。

import java.util.*;
public class Solution {
    public int majorityElement(int[] nums) {
        int count = 0;
        int candidate = 0;
        for(int i = 0 ; i < nums.length; i++) {
            if(count == 0) {
                candidate = nums[i];
                count ++;
            } else if(candidate == nums[i]) {
                count ++;
            } else if(candidate != nums[i]) {
                count --;
            }
        }
        return candidate;
    }
}