TADM2E 4.34
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Assume array indices are zero based, use modified binary search to find the smallest integer missing:
FindMinIntMissing(A):
// Trivial case 1
if(A[0] > 1)
return 1;
// Trivial case 2: elements in the array are continuous from 1 to n, the smallest missing integer must be n + 1
else if(A[n - 1] - A[0] == n - 1)
{
return n + 1;
}
// there is a gap in A, find the gap that is smallest
else
{
return findGap(A, 0, n - 1);
}
FindGap(A, first, last):
// only two elements left, the smallest gap must be the integer right after A[first]
if(last == first + 1)
return A[first] + 1;
// recursively looking for the partition containing the smallest gap
else
mid = (first + last) / 2;
// first half doesn't have gap, looking for gap in the second half
if(A[mid] - A[first] == mid - first)
return findGap(A, mid, last);
// looking for the gap in the first half
else
return findGap(A, first, mid);