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128. Longest Consecutive Sequence

Medium

Given an unsorted array of integers nums, return the length of the longest consecutive elements sequence.

You must write an algorithm that runs in O(n) time.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [100,4,200,1,3,2]

Output: 4

Explanation: The longest consecutive elements sequence is [1, 2, 3, 4]. Therefore its length is 4.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [0,3,7,2,5,8,4,6,0,1]

Output: 9

Constraints:

Solution

function longestConsecutive(nums: number[]): number {
    const set = new Set(nums)
    let max = 0
    for (const num of nums) {
        if (set.has(num + 1)) continue
        let counter = 1,
            current = num
        while (set.has(--current)) counter++
        max = Math.max(counter, max)
    }
    return max
}

export { longestConsecutive }