Leetcode Problem 1060. Missing Element in Sorted Array

1060. Missing Element in Sorted Array

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Binary Search Approach

  1. Initialize left to 0 and right to the length of nums minus 1.
  2. While left is less than right, perform the following steps: a. Calculate the midpoint mid as left + (right - left) // 2. b. Calculate the number of missing elements to the left of mid as nums[mid] - nums[0] - mid. c. If the number of missing elements is less than k, set left to mid + 1. d. Otherwise, set right to mid.
  3. After the loop, left will be the rightmost index with fewer missing elements than k. Calculate and return the kth missing number as nums[0] + left + k.
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