Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

Given are an integer X and an integer sequence of length N: p_1, \ldots, p_N.

Among the integers not contained in the sequence p_1, \ldots, p_N (not necessarily positive), find the integer nearest to X, that is, find the integer whose absolute difference with X is the minimum. If there are multiple such integers, report the smallest such integer.

Constraints

1 \leq X \leq 100

0 \leq N \leq 100

1 \leq p_i \leq 100

p_1, \ldots, p_N are all distinct.

All values in input are integers.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

X N
p_1 ... p_N

Output

Print the answer.

Sample Input 1

6 5
4 7 10 6 5

Sample Output 1

8

Among the integers not contained in the sequence 4, 7, 10, 6, 5, the one nearest to 6 is 8.

Sample Input 2

10 5
4 7 10 6 5

Sample Output 2

9

Among the integers not contained in the sequence 4, 7, 10, 6, 5, the ones nearest to 10 are 9 and 11. We should print the smaller one, 9.

Sample Input 3

100 0

Sample Output 3

100

When N = 0, the second line in the input will be empty. Also, as seen here, X itself can be the answer.

Solution in Java (OpenJDK 11.0.6) (judge verdict: Accepted)



import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;

public class Main {
	//author: Nagabhushan S Baddi

	private static int n, x;
	private static int[] a;
	private static int d;
	private static String s;
	private static HashMap<Integer, ArrayList<Integer>> g;

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		x = ini();
		n = ini();
		a = ina(n);
		
		HashSet<Integer> set = new HashSet<>();
		for(int x: a) set.add(x);
		
		int u1 = -1, u2 = -1;
		
		for(int i=x; i<=101; i++) {
			if (!set.contains(i)) {
				u1 = i;
				break;
			}
		}
		
		for(int i=x; i>=0; i--) {
			if (!set.contains(i)) {
				u2 = i;
				break;
			}
		}
		
		if (u1==-1) {
			println(u2);
			return;
		} else if (u2==-1){
			println(u1);
			return;
		}
		
		
		
		if (Math.abs(x-u1)<Math.abs(x-u2)) {
			println(u1);
		} else {
			println(u2);
		}

		out.flush();
		out.close();

	}

	//CONSTANTS
	private static final int MOD = (int) 1e9 + 7;

	//NONPROBLEM CODE

	private static InputReader in = new InputReader(System.in);
	private static PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);

	private static class InputReader {

		private final InputStream stream;
		private final byte[] buf = new byte[8192];
		private int curChar, snumChars;

		public InputReader(InputStream st) {
			this.stream = st;
		}

		public int read() {
			if (snumChars == -1)
				throw new InputMismatchException();
			if (curChar >= snumChars) {
				curChar = 0;
				try {
					snumChars = stream.read(buf);
				} catch (IOException e) {
					throw new InputMismatchException();
				}
				if (snumChars <= 0)
					return -1;
			}
			return buf[curChar++];
		}

		public int nextInt() {
			int c = read();
			while (isSpaceChar(c)) {
				c = read();
			}
			int sgn = 1;
			if (c == '-') {
				sgn = -1;
				c = read();
			}
			int res = 0;
			do {
				res *= 10;
				res += c - '0';
				c = read();
			} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
			return res * sgn;
		}

		public long nextLong() {
			int c = read();
			while (isSpaceChar(c)) {
				c = read();
			}
			int sgn = 1;
			if (c == '-') {
				sgn = -1;
				c = read();
			}
			long res = 0;
			do {
				res *= 10;
				res += c - '0';
				c = read();
			} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
			return res * sgn;
		}

		public String readString() {
			int c = read();
			while (isSpaceChar(c)) {
				c = read();
			}
			StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
			do {
				res.appendCodePoint(c);
				c = read();
			} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
			return res.toString();
		}

		public String nextLine() {
			int c = read();
			while (isSpaceChar(c))
				c = read();
			StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
			do {
				res.appendCodePoint(c);
				c = read();
			} while (!isEndOfLine(c));
			return res.toString();
		}

		public boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
			return c == ' ' || c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\t' || c == -1;
		}

		private boolean isEndOfLine(int c) {
			return c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == -1;
		}

	}

	//SORT SHORTCUTS

	private static void sort(int[] a) {
		int n = a.length;
		Integer[] b = new Integer[n];
		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
			b[i] = a[i];
		}

		Arrays.sort(b);

		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
			a[i] = b[i];
		}
	}

	private static void sort(long[] a) {
		int n = a.length;
		Long[] b = new Long[n];
		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
			b[i] = a[i];
		}

		Arrays.sort(b);

		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
			a[i] = b[i];
		}
	}

	//INPUT SHORTCUTS

	private static int[] ina(int n) {
		int[] temp = new int[n];
		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
			temp[i] = in.nextInt();
		}
		return temp;
	}

	private static int ini() {
		return in.nextInt();
	}

	private static long inl() {
		return in.nextLong();
	}

	private static String ins() {
		return in.readString();
	}

	//PRINT SHORTCUTS

	private static void println(Object... o) {
		for (Object x : o) {
			out.write(x + "");
		}
		out.write("\n");
	}

	private static void pd(Object... o) {
		for (Object x : o) {
			out.write(x + "");
		}
		out.flush();
		out.write("\n");
	}

	private static void print(Object... o) {
		for (Object x : o) {
			out.write(x + "");
		}
	}

	//GRAPH SHORTCUTS

	private static HashMap<Integer, ArrayList<Integer>> intree(int n) {

		HashMap<Integer, ArrayList<Integer>> g = new HashMap<>();
		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
			g.put(i, new ArrayList<>());
		}

		for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
			int u = ini() - 1;
			int v = ini() - 1;
			g.get(u).add(v);
			g.get(v).add(u);
		}

		return g;
	}

	private static HashMap<Integer, ArrayList<Integer>> ingraph(int n, int m) {
		HashMap<Integer, ArrayList<Integer>> g = new HashMap<>();

		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
			g.put(i, new ArrayList<>());
		}

		for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) {
			int u = ini() - 1;
			int v = ini() - 1;
			g.get(u).add(v);
			g.get(v).add(u);
		}

		return g;

	}

	private static HashMap<Integer, ArrayList<Edge>> inweightedgraph(int n, int m) {
		HashMap<Integer, ArrayList<Edge>> g = new HashMap<>();

		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
			g.put(i, new ArrayList<>());
		}

		for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) {
			int u = ini() - 1;
			int v = ini() - 1;
			int w = ini();
			Edge edge = new Edge(u, v, w);
			g.get(u).add(edge);
			g.get(v).add(edge);
		}

		return g;

	}

	private static class Edge implements Comparable<Edge> {
		private int u, v;
		private long w;

		public Edge(int a, int b, long c) {
			u = a;
			v = b;
			w = c;
		}

		public int other(int x) {
			return (x == u ? v : u);
		}

		public int compareTo(Edge edge) {
			return Long.compare(w, edge.w);
		}
	}

	private static class Pair {
		private int u, v;

		public Pair(int a, int b) {
			u = a;
			v = b;
		}

		public int hashCode() {
			return u + v + u * v;
		}

		public boolean equals(Object object) {
			Pair pair = (Pair) object;
			return u == pair.u && v == pair.v;
		}
	}

	private static class Node implements Comparable<Node> {
		private int u;
		private long dist;

		public Node(int a, long b) {
			u = a;
			dist = b;
		}

		public int compareTo(Node node) {
			return Long.compare(dist, node.dist);
		}
	}

	//MATHS AND NUMBER THEORY SHORTCUTS

	private static int gcd(int a, int b) {
		//O(log(min(a,b)))
		if (b == 0)
			return a;

		return gcd(b, a % b);
	}

	private static long modExp(long a, long b) {
		if (b == 0)
			return 1;

		a %= MOD;

		long exp = modExp(a, b / 2);

		if (b % 2 == 0) {
			return (exp * exp) % MOD;
		} else {
			return (a * ((exp * exp) % MOD)) % MOD;
		}
	}
}