Find Duplicate

Find the first duplicate element that appears in an array using a hash set for efficient lookup.

Code

Algorithms

const seen = new Set();
let duplicate = undefined;
for (const x of arr) {
  if (seen.has(x)) { duplicate = x; break; }
  seen.add(x);
}
return duplicate;

Parameters

arr(array)

Array to check

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