41. First Missing Positive

https://leetcode.com/problems/first-missing-positive/

Given an unsorted integer array, find the smallest missing positive integer.

Example 1:

Input: [1,2,0]
Output: 3

Example 2:

Input: [3,4,-1,1]
Output: 2

Example 3:

Input: [7,8,9,11,12]
Output: 1

Note:

Your algorithm should run in O(n) time and uses constant extra space.

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class Solution {
public int firstMissingPositive(int[] nums) {
// first pass => put each number in its right position
for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
while (nums[i] > 0 && nums[i] <= nums.length && nums[nums[i] - 1] != nums[i]) {
int temp = nums[i];
// put element in intermediate position
nums[i] = nums[nums[i] - 1];
// put element in right position
nums[temp - 1] = temp;
}
}
// second pass => return 1st number not in its right position
for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
if (nums[i] != i + 1) {
return i + 1;
}
}
return nums.length + 1;
}
}