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- A zero-indexed array A consisting of N different integers is given. The array contains integers in the range [1..(N + 1)], which means that exactly one element is missing.
- Your goal is to find that missing element.
- Write a function:
- ```
- def solution(A)
- ```
- that, given a zero-indexed array A, returns the value of the missing element.
- For example, given array A such that:
- A[0] = 2
- A[1] = 3
- A[2] = 1
- A[3] = 5
- the function should return 4, as it is the missing element.
- Assume that:
- + N is an integer within the range [0..100,000];
- + the elements of A are all distinct;
- + each element of array A is an integer within the range [1..(N + 1)].
- Complexity:
- + expected worst-case time complexity is O(N);
- + expected worst-case space complexity is O(1), beyond input storage (not counting the storage required for input arguments).
- + Elements of input arrays can be modified.
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