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25 changes: 25 additions & 0 deletions Algorithms/Medium/287_FindTheDuplicateNumber/Solution.py
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from typing import List

class Solution:
def _get_count_of_equal_or_less(self, num_arr: List[int], value: int) -> int:
return len([num for num in num_arr if num <= value])

def findDuplicate(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
left = 1
right = len(nums) - 1

duplicate_number = -1

while left <= right:
mid = (left + right)//2

equal_or_less_count = self._get_count_of_equal_or_less(num_arr=nums, value=mid)

if equal_or_less_count > mid:
right = mid - 1
duplicate_number = mid
else:
left = mid + 1

return duplicate_number