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LeetCode 1133, Easy. Topics: Array, Hash Table, Sorting. View on LeetCode. Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 20 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:

Problem

Given an integer array nums, return the largest integer that only occurs once. If no integer occurs once, return -1.

Examples

Explanation: The maximum integer in the array is 9 but it is repeated. The number 8 occurs only once, so it is the answer.
Explanation: There is no number that occurs only once.

Constraints

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 2000
  • 0 <= nums[i] <= 1000

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