Grokking Google Coding Interview
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Solution: Set Mismatch

Problem Statement

You are given an array nums of size n, originally containing 1 to n integers. Unfortunately, due to some error, one number got duplicated, replacing another number that now goes missing from the sequence.

Identify the duplicated number and the missing number and return them as a pair.

Examples

  • Example 1:

    • Input: nums = [1,3,3,4]
    • Expected Output: [3,2]
    • Justification: Here, 3 appears twice, and 2 is missing from the sequence.

  • Example 2:

    • Input: nums = [2,2,3,5,4]
    • Expected Output:

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