[LeetCode] Smallest Missing Multiple of K

3718. Smallest Missing Multiple of K

Given an integer array nums and an integer k, return the smallest positive multiple of k that is missing from nums.

A multiple of k is any positive integer divisible by k.

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class Solution {
public:
int missingMultiple(vector<int>& nums, int k) {
sort(rbegin(nums), rend(nums));
int res = k;
while(nums.size()) {
while(nums.size() and nums.back() < res) nums.pop_back();
if(nums.size()) {
if(nums.back() == res) res += k;
else return res;
}
}
return res;
}
};
Author: Song Hayoung
Link: https://songhayoung.github.io/2025/10/28/PS/LeetCode/smallest-missing-multiple-of-k/
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