Practice Problem

Contains Duplicate II

Difficulty: Easy

Check if an array contains two distinct indices with the same value whose absolute difference is at most k.

Contains Duplicate II

Given an integer array nums and an integer k, return true if there are two distinct indices i and j in the array such that nums[i] == nums[j] and Math.abs(i - j) <= k.

Examples

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1, 2, 3, 1], k = 3
Output: true
Explanation: nums[0] == nums[3] and |0 - 3| = 3 <= 3.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1, 0, 1, 1], k = 1
Output: true
Explanation: nums[2] == nums[3] and |2 - 3| = 1 <= 1.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3], k = 2
Output: false
Explanation: The closest duplicate pair is nums[0] and nums[3] with distance 3, but 3 > 2.

Constraints

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 10^5
  • -10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
  • 0 <= k <= 10^5

Expected Complexity

  • Time: O(n)
  • Space: O(min(n, k))
EASY
Arrays
Hash Map / Dictionary
Sliding Window
Beginner

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