LeetCode 1150. Check If a Number Is Majority Element in a Sorted Array

Description

https://leetcode.com/problems/check-if-a-number-is-majority-element-in-a-sorted-array/

Given an array nums sorted in non-decreasing order, and a number target, return True if and only if target is a majority element.

A majority element is an element that appears more than N/2 times in an array of length N.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [2,4,5,5,5,5,5,6,6], target = 5
Output: true
Explanation: 
The value 5 appears 5 times and the length of the array is 9.
Thus, 5 is a majority element because 5 > 9/2 is true.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [10,100,101,101], target = 101
Output: false
Explanation: 
The value 101 appears 2 times and the length of the array is 4.
Thus, 101 is not a majority element because 2 > 4/2 is false.

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 1000
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
• 1 <= target <= 10^9

Explanation

Count element occurrences and check if the target element meets the major element criteria.

Python Solution

class Solution:
    def isMajorityElement(self, nums: List[int], target: int) -> bool:
        counter = {}
        
        for num in nums:
            counter[num] = counter.get(num, 0) + 1
            
        
        return target in counter and (counter[target] > len(nums) // 2)