# 2336. Smallest Number in Infinite Set ###### tags: `leetcode` ## Description You have a set which contains all positive integers [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...]. Implement the SmallestInfiniteSet class: - SmallestInfiniteSet() Initializes the SmallestInfiniteSet object to contain all positive integers. - int popSmallest() Removes and returns the smallest integer contained in the infinite set. - void addBack(int num) Adds a positive integer num back into the infinite set, if it is not already in the infinite set. - Example 1: >Input ["SmallestInfiniteSet", "addBack", "popSmallest", "popSmallest", "popSmallest", "addBack", "popSmallest", "popSmallest", "popSmallest"] [[], [2], [], [], [], [1], [], [], []] Output [null, null, 1, 2, 3, null, 1, 4, 5] >>Explanation SmallestInfiniteSet smallestInfiniteSet = new SmallestInfiniteSet(); smallestInfiniteSet.addBack(2); // 2 is already in the set, so no change is made. smallestInfiniteSet.popSmallest(); // return 1, since 1 is the smallest number, and remove it from the set. smallestInfiniteSet.popSmallest(); // return 2, and remove it from the set. smallestInfiniteSet.popSmallest(); // return 3, and remove it from the set. smallestInfiniteSet.addBack(1); // 1 is added back to the set. smallestInfiniteSet.popSmallest(); // return 1, since 1 was added back to the set and // is the smallest number, and remove it from the set. smallestInfiniteSet.popSmallest(); // return 4, and remove it from the set. smallestInfiniteSet.popSmallest(); // return 5, and remove it from the set. - Constraints: >$1 \leq num \leq 1000$ At most 1000 calls will be made in total to popSmallest and addBack. ## Solution - Use intuitive way to achieve it is fine because it is the smallest element, so the difference would be be huge - Iterate from the begining each time to find the smallest element ```cpp= for (int i = 1; i <= 1000; i++) { if (out[i]) { out[i] = false; return i; } } return NULL; ```