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Pair with Given Target Sum

Uses hash complement set to detect pair summing to target in single pass.

Time O(n) Space O(n)
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Reference implementation (Python)

def two_sum(arr, target):
    seen = {}
    for i, num in enumerate(arr):
        comp = target - num
        if comp in seen:
            return seen[comp], i
        seen[num] = i
    return -1

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Pair with Given Target Sum runs in O(n) time and O(n) auxiliary space.

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