Move Zeroes

Hi everyone! Today I solved a simple but important array problem — moving all zeroes to the end while keeping the order of other elements same. Problem Given an array, move all 0s to the end while ...

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Move Zeroes

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Hi everyone! Today I solved a simple but important array problem — moving all zeroes to the end while keeping the order of other elements same. Problem Given an array, move all 0s to the end while maintaining the order of non-zero elements. Example: Input: [0, 1, 0, 3, 12] Output: [1, 3, 12, 0, 0] My Approach At first, I thought of creating a new array, but the problem clearly says: Do it in-place So I used a pointer-based approach. Logic Use a pointer insert to track position for non-zero elements Traverse the array: If element is non-zero → place it at insert Increment insert After that, fill remaining positions with 0 Code (Python) from typing import List class Solution: def moveZeroes(self, nums: List[int]) -> None: insert = 0 for i in range(len(nums)): if nums[i] != 0: if i != insert: nums[insert] = nums[i] insert += 1 for i in range(insert, len(nums)): nums[i] = 0 Time & Space Complexity Time: O(n) Space: O(1) (in-place) Key Insight We don’t need to swap every time — just

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