Write a program in JAVA Programming langaugue. Given an array of integers, in which each elements repeats twice except one. Your task is to find that element in O(n) Time complexity and O(1) Space Complexity.

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Write a program in JAVA Programming langaugue.
Given an array of integers, in which each elements repeats twice except one.
Your task is to find that element in O(n) Time complexity and O(1) Space Complexity.
Transcribed Image Text:Write a program in JAVA Programming langaugue. Given an array of integers, in which each elements repeats twice except one. Your task is to find that element in O(n) Time complexity and O(1) Space Complexity.
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Java program that finds in an array, the only number which doesn't repeats itself.

Constraints : Time complexity : O(n), Space Complexity : O(1)

The idea is to use XOR operator. It has the following properties :

XOR of a number with itself is 0

XOR of a number with 0 is the number itself.

For example, 

5 ^ 5 = 0

5 ^ 0 = 5

Where ^ is the XOR operator.

So consider the following array is given :

{4, 8, 3, 6, 3, 8, 9, 6, 4}

Here, 9 is the only non repeating element.

So we do XOR for all the elements :

4 ^ 8 ^ 3 ^ 6 ^ 3 ^ 8 ^ 9 ^ 6 ^ 4

Rearranging, we get :

4 ^ 4 ^ 8 ^ 8 ^ 3 ^ 3 ^ 6 ^ 6 ^ 9

Using above properties, we have 

0 ^ 0 ^ 0 ^ 0 ^ 9

= 9

This the required element.

Below is the Java program as required.

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