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LeetCode 1429, Medium. Topics: Design, Queue, Array, Hash Table, Data Stream. View on LeetCode. Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 15 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:

Problem

You have a queue of integers, you need to retrieve the first unique integer in the queue. Implement the FirstUnique class:
  • FirstUnique(int[] nums) Initializes the object with the numbers in the queue.
  • int showFirstUnique() returns the value of the first unique integer of the queue, and returns -1 if there is no such integer.
  • void add(int value) insert value to the queue.

Examples

Constraints

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 10^5
  • 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^8
  • 1 <= value <= 10^8
  • At most 50000 calls will be made to showFirstUnique and add.

Solution

Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:

Complexity

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Last modified on September 7, 2026