Python: Find whether a given array of integers contains any duplicate element

Python: Array Exercise-14 with Solution

Write a Python program to find out if a given array of integers contains any duplicate elements. Return true if any value appears at least twice in the array, and return false if every element is distinct.

Sample Solution:

Python Code :

def test_duplicate(array_nums):
    nums_set = set(array_nums)    
    return len(array_nums) != len(nums_set)     
print(test_duplicate([1,2,3,4,5]))
print(test_duplicate([1,2,3,4, 4]))
print(test_duplicate([1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5]))

Sample Output:

False
True
True

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