Missing Number Lab

Easy
300
11
60.4% Acceptance

In this lab, you will be tasked with finding the missing number in a given range of numbers. The lab provides you with an array nums containing n distinct numbers in the range [0, n]. Your task is to write a function that returns the only number in the range that is missing from the array.

Using proper ESM import/export in your code, implement the missingNumber function:

/**
 * @param {number[]} nums
 * @return {number}
 */
export const missingNumber = function(nums) {
    
};

Description

Write a function called missingNumber that takes a single argument:

  • nums (array of integers): An array of distinct integers in the range [0, n]. The length of the array will be equal to n.

The function should return a single integer, which is the missing number in the input array.

Example 1:

missingNumber([3,0,1])

Output: 2

Explanation: n = 3 since there are 3 numbers, so all numbers are in the range [0,3]. 2 is the missing number in the range since it does not appear in nums.

Example 2:

missingNumber([0,1])

Output: 2

Explanation: n = 2 since there are 2 numbers, so all numbers are in the range [0,2]. 2 is the missing number in the range since it does not appear in nums.

Example 3:

missingNumber([9,6,4,2,3,5,7,0,1])

Output: 8

Explanation: n = 9 since there are 9 numbers, so all numbers are in the range [0,9]. 8 is the missing number in the range since it does not appear in nums.

Constraints

  • n == nums.length
  • 1 <= n <= 104
  • 0 <= nums[i] <= n
  • All the numbers of nums are unique.

There will be a few challenges to this lab that you have to pass. Make sure to export missingNumber() function so that it can be properly evaluated in the scripts.

Good luck, and happy coding!