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Lists & Arrays easy

Running Product of Integers

Given a list of integers, return a new list where each element at index i is the product of all elements from index 0 to i.

prefix product lists
+10 pts 10m
Lists & Arrays easy

Find Missing Number 1 to n

Given a list containing n-1 distinct integers from 1 to n, find the missing number without using extra space.

arrays math search
+10 pts 10m
Lists & Arrays medium

Product of All Except Zeros Handling

Given a list of integers, return a list where each element is the product of all other elements, handling zeros correctly.

product arrays zero-handling
+20 pts 25m
Lists & Arrays medium

Find Duplicate Number

Given a list of n+1 integers in the range 1..n, find the one integer that appears more than once.

arrays hash-set duplicates
+20 pts 25m
Lists & Arrays easy

Wave sort array

Given a list of integers, reorder it into a wave pattern where elements alternate down-up, and return the new list.

sorting swap rearrangement
+10 pts 15m
Lists & Arrays easy

Counting Sort

Implement the counting sort algorithm to sort a list of non-negative integers in O(n + k) time.

sorting counting arrays
+10 pts 15m
Lists & Arrays medium

Two Missing Numbers

Given a list of n-2 unique integers from 1 to n, find the two missing numbers efficiently.

missing-numbers arrays math
+25 pts 25m
Lists & Arrays medium

Three Missing Numbers

Find the three missing numbers from a shuffled list containing all but three integers from 1 to n.

arrays sets missing
+15 pts 15m

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Lists & Arrays — Python coding challenges

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