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First Missing Positive

Find the smallest positive integer that's not in the array.

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Given an unsorted integer array nums, return the smallest positive integer that doesn't appear in it.

The catch: do it in O(n) time using only O(1) extra space.

Examples

Example 1
Input
nums = [1, 2, 0]
Output
3
Example 2
Input
nums = [3, 4, -1, 1]
Output
2
Example 3
Input
nums = [7, 8, 9, 11, 12]
Output
1
Why
1 is already missing.

Constraints

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 10^5
  • -2^31 <= nums[i] <= 2^31 - 1