Insert Delete GetRandom O(1) - Duplicates allowed

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2Answer out loud, not in your head
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  1. 01Map each value to its set of indices
  2. 02Append every insertion
  3. 03Remove one recorded index
  4. 04Swap in the final value and update both index sets
  5. 05Randomly sample the dense array

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  • How do you avoid iterator invalidation when picking an index?

    Tests: follow-up reasoning

  • How would weighted distinct-value sampling differ?

    Tests: constraint adaptation

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