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33 changes: 33 additions & 0 deletions Find the Celebrity.py
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# The knows API is already defined for you.
# return a bool, whether a knows b
# def knows(a: int, b: int) -> bool:

class Solution:
def findCelebrity(self, n: int) -> int:
#Brute Force Approach
# Time O(n**2)
# Space O(n)
# arr = [0 for i in range(n)]
# for i in range(n):
# for j in range(n):
# if i!=j:
# if knows(j,i): arr[i] += 1
# if knows(i,j):
# arr[i] -= 1
# break
# # print(arr)
# for i in range(len(arr)):
# if arr[i] == n-1: return i
# return -1

# Optimal Approach
# Time O(n)
# Space O(1)
celeb = 0
for i in range(1,n):
if knows(celeb, i): celeb = i
# print(celeb)
for i in range(n):
if i==celeb: continue
if not knows(i, celeb) or knows(celeb, i): return -1
return celeb