Contains Duplicate

Question

Given an array of integers, find if the array contains any duplicates. Your function should return true if any value appears at least twice in the array, and it should return false if every element is distinct.

Tags

• Array
• Hashmap

Thought

Use the set to remove the duplicated element and compare the length.

Code

class Solution(object):
    def containsDuplicate(self, nums):
        """
        :type nums: List[int]
        :rtype: bool
        """
        return len(nums) > len(set(nums))