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Daily JavaScript Challenge #JS-100: Find Smallest Missing Positive Integer

Daily JavaScript Challenge: Find Smallest Missing Positive Integer

Hey fellow developers! 👋 Welcome to today's JavaScript coding challenge. Let's keep those programming skills sharp!

The Challenge

Difficulty: Medium

Topic: Array Manipulation

Description

Write a function that finds the smallest positive integer that is missing from an unsorted array of integers. Your function should run with an expected time complexity of O(n).

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  2. Write your solution
  3. Test it against the provided test cases
  4. Share your approach in the comments below!

Want to Learn More?

Check out the documentation about this topic here: https://leetcode.com/problems/first-missing-positive/

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James Curran

In C#

int[] array = { -1, 4, 2, 1, 9, 10 };

var hash = array.Where(a => a > 0 ).ToHashSet();
Enumerable.Range(1, Int32.MaxValue).First(e => hash.Add(e) ).Dump();

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