Duplicate In Array

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Problem statement

You are given an array ‘ARR’ of size ‘N’ containing each number between 1 and ‘N’ - 1 at least once. There is a single integer value that is present in the array twice. Your task is to find the duplicate integer value present in the array.

For example:

Consider ARR = [1, 2, 3, 4, 4], the duplicate integer value present in the array is 4. Hence, the answer is 4 in this case.

Note :

A duplicate number is always present in the given array.

Detailed explanation ( Input/output format, Notes, Images )

Input Format:

The first line of the input contains an integer, 'T,’ denoting the number of test cases.
The first line of each test case contains a single integer, 'N', denoting the number of elements in the array.
The second line of each test case contains 'N' space-separated integers denoting the elements of the array 'ARR'.

Output Format:

For each test case, print a single integer - the duplicate element in the array.

Print the output of each test case in a separate line.

Constraints:

1 <=  T  <= 10
2 <=  N <= 10 ^ 5
1 <=  ARR[i]  <= N - 1

Where 'T' denotes the number of test cases, 'N' denotes the number of elements in the array, and 'ARR[i]' denotes the 'i-th' element of the array 'ARR'.

Time limit: 1 sec

Sample Input 1:

2
5
4 2 1 3 1
7
6 3 1 5 4 3 2

Sample Output 1:

1
3

Explanation of sample input 1:

For the first test case, 
The duplicate integer value present in the array is 1. Hence, the answer is 1 in this case.

For the second test case,
The duplicate integer value present in the array is 3. Hence, the answer is 3 in this case.

Sample Input 2:

2
6 
5 1 2 3 4 2  
9
8 7 2 5 4 7 1 3 6

Sample Output 2:

2
7

Hints:

1. Simply calculate the frequency of each value.
2. Try to optimise the above approach by using an array to store the frequencies.
3. Think of a solution using Floyd’s cycle finding algorithm.
4. Try to think of a solution based on bitwise XOR.

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