LC169.java

/*
169. Majority Element
Given an array of size n, find the majority element. The majority element is the element that appears more than ⌊ n/2 ⌋ times.

You may assume that the array is non-empty and the majority element always exist in the array.

Example 1:

Input: [3,2,3]
Output: 3
Example 2:

Input: [2,2,1,1,1,2,2]
Output: 2
*/

class Solution {
    public int majorityElement(int[] nums) {
        int count = 0;
        
        Integer majorElement = null;
        
        for (int n : nums)
        {
            if (count == 0)
                majorElement = n;
            
            count += (n == majorElement) ? 1 : -1;
        }
        
        return majorElement;
    }
}