explain!
Worst case is not finding the equivalent element.
[ 3 , 5 , 4 , 5 , 8 , 9, 1]
The algorithm works by, compairing a each element with all the array elements.
for( i = 0; i < n ; i++)
for (j = 0; j < n ; j++)
if ( i != j && arr[i] == arr[j] )
break;
So, here, first loop runs for n times, second loop runs for n times for each n of first loop. Since the quest is about time complexity, space complexity can be ignored.
So, total iterations this loop would run is n*n = n^2 , O(n^2) should be the answer. Correct me if i'm wrong.
@Althaf.
Rather than comparing, I would sort the array and then the elemrnts would be adjacent.
So, O(nlogn + n) = O(n.logn).
But since, there is no memory constraint (since it would have been given), It can be done by hashing in O(n) or worst O(n.logn).