Return Distinct Elements
Alpaca● EasyFULLTIMEPHONE SCREENProblem statement
You are given an integer array values.
Remove duplicate occurrences so that each distinct value appears exactly once. Preserve the order of first appearance.
Return the resulting array.
Function
distinctElements(values: int[]) → int[]Examples
Example 1
values = [1,1,3,2,1,4,5,4]return = [1,3,2,4,5]Keep the first occurrences of 1, 3, 2, 4, and 5 in their original order.
Example 2
values = [1,2,3]return = [1,2,3]Every value is already distinct.
Example 3
values = [-1,-1,0,-1]return = [-1,0]Keep the first -1 and the first 0.
Constraints
1 <= values.length <= 10^5.-10^6 <= values[i] <= 10^6.