Find the Smallest Integer Not in a List

def solution(A):

index = 0
target = []
A = [x for x in A if x >=0]

if len(A) ==0:
    return 1

maxi = max(A)
if maxi <= len(A):
    maxi = len(A)

target = ['X' for x in range(maxi+1)]
for number in A:
    target[number]= number

count = 1
while count < maxi+1:
    if target[count] == 'X':
        return count
    count +=1
return target[count-1] + 1

Got 100% for the above solution.

1)Filter negative and Zero

2)Sort/distinct

3)Visit array

Complexity: O(N) or O(N * log(N))

using Java8

public int solution(int[] A) {
            int result = 1;
    boolean found = false;
    A = Arrays.stream(A).filter(x -> x > 0).sorted().distinct().toArray();
    //System.out.println(Arrays.toString(A));
    for (int i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
        result = i + 1;
        if (result != A[i]) {
            found = true;
            break;
        }
    }
    if (!found && result == A.length) {
        //result is larger than max element in array
        result++;
    }
    return result;
}

An unordered_set can be used to store all the positive numbers, and then we can iterate from 1 to length of unordered_set, and see the first number that does not occur.

int firstMissingPositive(vector<int>& nums) {

    unordered_set<int> fre;
    // storing each positive number in a hash.
    for(int i = 0; i < nums.size(); i +=1)
    {
        if(nums[i] > 0)
            fre.insert(nums[i]);
     }

    int i = 1;
    // Iterating from 1 to size of the set and checking 
    // for the occurrence of 'i'

    for(auto it = fre.begin(); it != fre.end(); ++it)
    {
        if(fre.find(i) == fre.end())
            return i;
        i +=1;
    }

    return i;
}

Solution through basic javascript

var a = [1, 3, 6, 4, 1, 2];

function findSmallest(a) {
var m = 0;
  for(i=1;i<=a.length;i++) {
    j=0;m=1;
    while(j < a.length) {
      if(i === a[j]) {
        m++;
      }
      j++;
    }
    if(m === 1) {
      return i;
    }
  }
}

console.log(findSmallest(a))

Hope this helps for someone.

With python it is not the most efficient, but correct

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
import datetime

# write your code in Python 3.6

def solution(A):
    MIN = 0
    MAX = 1000000
    possible_results = range(MIN, MAX)

    for i in possible_results:
        next_value = (i + 1)
        if next_value not in A:
            return next_value
    return 1

test_case_0 = [2, 2, 2]
test_case_1 = [1, 3, 44, 55, 6, 0, 3, 8]
test_case_2 = [-1, -22]
test_case_3 = [x for x in range(-10000, 10000)]
test_case_4 = [x for x in range(0, 100)] + [x for x in range(102, 200)]
test_case_5 = [4, 5, 6]
print("---")
a = datetime.datetime.now()
print(solution(test_case_0))
print(solution(test_case_1))
print(solution(test_case_2))
print(solution(test_case_3))
print(solution(test_case_4))
print(solution(test_case_5))

def solution(A):
    A.sort()
    j = 1
    for i, elem in enumerate(A):
        if j < elem:
            break
        elif j == elem:
            j += 1
            continue
        else:
            continue
    return j

this can help:

0- A is [5, 3, 2, 7];
1- Define B With Length = A.Length;                            (O(1))
2- initialize B Cells With 1;                                  (O(n))
3- For Each Item In A:
        if (B.Length <= item) then B[Item] = -1                (O(n))
4- The answer is smallest index in B such that B[index] != -1  (O(n))