Programming Test - Codility - Dominator [closed]

Answer 1

Here is an easy to read, 100% score version in Objective-c

  if (A.count > 100000)
    return -1;
NSInteger occur = 0;
NSNumber *candidate = nil;
for (NSNumber *element in A){
    if (!candidate){
        candidate = element;
        occur = 1;
        continue;
    }

    if ([candidate isEqualToNumber:element]){
        occur++;
    }else{
        if (occur == 1){
            candidate = element;
            continue;
        }else{
            occur--;
        }
    }
}
if (candidate){
    occur = 0;
    for (NSNumber *element in A){
        if ([candidate isEqualToNumber:element])
            occur++;
    }
    if (occur > A.count / 2)
        return [A indexOfObject:candidate];
}
return -1;