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128. Longest Consecutive Sequence

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Problem Statement

128. Longest Consecutive Sequence

Medium


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

Example 3:

Input: nums = [1,0,1,2]
Output: 3

 

Constraints:

Java — sorting

Source file
class Solution {
    public int longestConsecutive(int[] nums) {
        Arrays.sort(nums);
        int n = nums.length, streak = 1, ans = 0;
        if (n == 0)
            return 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
            if (nums[i + 1] == nums[i])
                ;
            else if (nums[i + 1] - nums[i] == 1)
                streak++;
            else {
                ans = Math.max(ans, streak);
                streak = 1;
            }
        }
        return Math.max(ans, streak);
    }
}