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Majority Element

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Majority Element is simple if you keep it on paper. Isha uses it for Isha walking through Majority Element in lab hour.

Keep Majority Element small. Isha should finish Isha walking through Majority Element in a few lines, not a 40-line dump.

Without Majority Element, lab hour gets messy and Isha walking through Majority Element is hard to trust.

Use Majority Element when Isha walking through Majority Element must stay clear. If a simpler DSA step works, use that instead.

Majority Element miss — copy-pasting Majority Element without a dry-run. Fix it before you talk about advanced DSA.

Place Majority Element next to nearby DSA work — one Majority Element step Isha can write from memory is the link.

One breath for Majority Element, then Isha walking through Majority Element, then copy-pasting Majority Element without a dry-run. Sit down.

Exam tip

Say Majority Element in one breath, then one Majority Element step Isha can write from memory, then copy-pasting Majority Element without a dry-run.

# Majority Element
data = [4, 1, 3]
print("start", data)
if data[0] > data[1]:
    data[0], data[1] = data[1], data[0]
print("after one step", data)

Majority Element: dry-run [4, 1, 3]. Say the list after one step.

DefMajority Element — Isha uses it for Isha walking through Majority Element in lab hour.
RuleMajority Element → one Majority Element step Isha can write from memory.
RememberMajority Element + a dry-run table (lab hour).
UseMajority Element in lab hour (Isha walking through Majority Element).
TrapMajority Element — copy-pasting Majority Element without a dry-run.
ExMajority Element → Isha walking through Majority Element.