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Find an index of an array such that its value occurs at more than half of indices in the array.
package leader;
import java.util.Stack;
public class Dominator {
public int solution(int[] A) {
if(A == null || A.length == 0) {
return -1;
}
Stack<Integer> stack = new Stack<>();
for(int i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
if(stack.isEmpty()) {
stack.push(A[i]);
continue;
}
if(stack.peek() != A[i]) {
stack.pop();
} else {
stack.push(A[i]);
}
}
if(stack.isEmpty()) {
return -1;
}
int candidate = stack.pop();
int counter = 0;
int candidateIndex = -1;
for(int i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
if(A[i] == candidate) {
if(candidateIndex == -1) {
candidateIndex = i;
}
counter++;
}
}
if(counter <= (A.length / 2.0)) {
return -1;
}
return candidateIndex;
}
}
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