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Added code for majority element #6689
Describe your change:
The majority element is the element that appears more than ⌊n / 2⌋ times. You may assume that the majority element always exists in the array.
The solution is based on Moore's Voting Algorithm
- [X] Add an algorithm?
- [ ] Fix a bug or typo in an existing algorithm?
- [ ] Documentation change?
Checklist:
- [X] I have read CONTRIBUTING.md.
- [X] This pull request is all my own work -- I have not plagiarized.
- [X] I know that pull requests will not be merged if they fail the automated tests.
- [X] This PR only changes one algorithm file. To ease review, please open separate PRs for separate algorithms.
- [X] All new Python files are placed inside an existing directory.
- [X] All filenames are in all lowercase characters with no spaces or dashes.
- [X] All functions and variable names follow Python naming conventions.
- [X] All function parameters and return values are annotated with Python type hints.
- [X] All functions have doctests that pass the automated testing.
- [X] All new algorithms have a URL in its comments that points to Wikipedia or other similar explanation.
- [X] If this pull request resolves one or more open issues then the commit message contains
Fixes: #{$ISSUE_NO}
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