Problem p02596 (C++) — buggy submission, verdict: Time Limit Exceeded

#include <algorithm>
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <cmath>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
using namespace std;
#define ll long long
#define rep(i, n) for (ll i = 0; i < (n); i++)
#define FOR(i, a, b) for (ll i = (a); i < (b); i++)
#define FORR(i, a, b) for (ll i = (a); i <= (b); i++)
#define repR(i, n) for (ll i = n; i >= 0; i--)
#define all(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
#define rall(v) (v).rbegin(), (v).rend()
#define F first
#define S second
#define pb push_back
#define pu push
#define COUT(x) cout << (x) << "\\n"
#define PQ priority_queue<ll>
#define PQR priority_queue<ll, vector<ll>, greater<ll>>
#define YES(n) cout << ((n) ? "YES\\n" : "NO\\n")
#define Yes(n) cout << ((n) ? "Yes\\n" : "No\\n")
#define mp make_pair
#define sz(x) (ll)(x).size()
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
const ll MOD = 1000000007LL;
const ll INF = 1LL << 60;
using vll = vector<ll>;
using vb = vector<bool>;
using vvb = vector<vb>;
using vvll = vector<vll>;
using vstr = vector<string>;
using vc = vector<char>;
using vvc = vector<vc>;
template <class T> inline bool chmax(T &a, T b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
template <class T> inline bool chmin(T &a, T b) {
  if (a > b) {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
ll dx[4] = {0, 1, 0, -1};
ll dy[4] = {1, 0, -1, 0};
int main() {
  ll k;
  cin >> k;
  if (k % 2 == 0) {
    COUT(-1);
    return 0;
  }
  if (k % 7 == 0)
    k /= 7;
  ll ans = 1;
  ll now = 1;
  set<ll> s;
  while (1) {
    now %= k;
    if (s.count(now)) {
      COUT(-1);
      return 0;
    }
    s.insert(now);
    if (now == 0)
      break;
    now *= 10;
    now++;
    ans++;
  }
  COUT(ans);
}


Error: TLE

Fixed submission:

#include <algorithm>
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <cmath>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
using namespace std;
#define ll long long
#define rep(i, n) for (ll i = 0; i < (n); i++)
#define FOR(i, a, b) for (ll i = (a); i < (b); i++)
#define FORR(i, a, b) for (ll i = (a); i <= (b); i++)
#define repR(i, n) for (ll i = n; i >= 0; i--)
#define all(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
#define rall(v) (v).rbegin(), (v).rend()
#define F first
#define S second
#define pb push_back
#define pu push
#define COUT(x) cout << (x) << "\\n"
#define PQ priority_queue<ll>
#define PQR priority_queue<ll, vector<ll>, greater<ll>>
#define YES(n) cout << ((n) ? "YES\\n" : "NO\\n")
#define Yes(n) cout << ((n) ? "Yes\\n" : "No\\n")
#define mp make_pair
#define sz(x) (ll)(x).size()
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
const ll MOD = 1000000007LL;
const ll INF = 1LL << 60;
using vll = vector<ll>;
using vb = vector<bool>;
using vvb = vector<vb>;
using vvll = vector<vll>;
using vstr = vector<string>;
using vc = vector<char>;
using vvc = vector<vc>;
template <class T> inline bool chmax(T &a, T b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
template <class T> inline bool chmin(T &a, T b) {
  if (a > b) {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
ll dx[4] = {0, 1, 0, -1};
ll dy[4] = {1, 0, -1, 0};
int main() {
  ll k;
  cin >> k;
  if (k % 7 == 0)
    k /= 7;
  if (k % 2 == 0) {
    COUT(-1);
    return 0;
  }
  ll ans = 1;
  ll now = 1;
  while (1) {
    now %= k;
    if (now == 0)
      break;
    now *= 10;
    now++;
    ans++;
  }
  COUT(ans);
}