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LeetCode 260, Medium. Topics: Array, Bit Manipulation. View on LeetCode. Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 15 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:

Problem

Given an integer array nums, in which exactly two elements appear only once and all the other elements appear exactly twice. Find the two elements that appear only once. You can return the answer in any order. You must write an algorithm that runs in linear runtime complexity and uses only constant extra space.

Examples

Explanation: [5, 3] is also a valid answer.

Constraints

  • 2 <= nums.length <= 3 * 10^4
  • -2^31 <= nums[i] <= 2^31 - 1
  • Each integer in nums will appear twice, only two integers will appear once.

Solution

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

Complexity

Tags

NeetCode All, AlgoMaster 75.
Last modified on August 25, 2026