Longest Consecutive Sequence
Problem
Given an unsorted array of integers nums, return the length of the longest consecutive elements sequence.
You must write an algorithm that runs in O(n) time.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [100,4,200,1,3,2]
Output: 4
Explanation: The longest consecutive elements sequence is [1, 2, 3, 4]. Therefore its length is 4.
Example 2:
Input: nums = [0,3,7,2,5,8,4,6,0,1]
Output: 9
Constraints:
0 <= nums.length <= 105-109 <= nums[i] <= 109
Solution
- Array
- Time: O(n)
- Space: O(n)
class Solution(object):
def longestConsecutive(self, nums):
"""
:type nums: List[int]
:rtype: int
"""
numSet = set(nums)
longest = 0
for n in nums:
if (n - 1) not in numSet:
length = 0
while (n + length) in numSet:
length += 1
longest = max(length, longest)
return longest