[刷题]Majority Number

[LintCode]Majority Number

public class Solution {
    /**
     * @param nums: a list of integers
     * @return: find a  majority number
     */
    public int majorityNumber(ArrayList<Integer> nums) {
        // 2015-09-07 不同的数相互抵消，剩下majority number
        int count = 0;
        int candidate = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < nums.size(); i++) {
            if (count == 0) {
                candidate = nums.get(i);
                count++;
                continue;
            }
            if (nums.get(i) == candidate) {
                count++;
            } else {
                count--;
            }
        }
        return candidate;
    }
}