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Insert Delete GetRandom O(1) - Duplicates allowed
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Microsoft
1Give yourself 5 minutes
2Answer out loud, not in your head
3Then compare with the answer below
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Stuck? Show a way to structure it+
- 01Map each value to its set of indices
- 02Append every insertion
- 03Remove one recorded index
- 04Swap in the final value and update both index sets
- 05Randomly sample the dense array
Reference answer
Then expect these follow-ups
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