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@taravancil
Last active April 30, 2018 04:32
Find the majority element in an array
def get_majority(A, k):
"""
Return the majority element in an array. O(n) time.
This is an implementation of Moore's voting algorithm.
"""
maj_index = 0
count = 1
for i in range (1, len(A-1)):
# If the current element is equal to the index of the majority element, increment count
if A[maj_index] == A[i]:
count += 1
# Otherwise decrement count
else:
count -= 1
# If the count is zero, it's not the max element, so set the majority index to the
# current index and increment the count
if count == 0:
maj_index = i
count = 1
# Check that the number of times the elemnt occurs is actually a majority
if count > n/2:
return A[maj_index]
else:
return None
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This algorithm only works when the amount of majority more than half length of array.

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