You are given an integer array nums. A number x is lonely when it appears only once, and no adjacent numbers (i.e. x + 1 and x - 1) appear in the array.

Return all lonely numbers in nums. You may return the answer in any order.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [10,6,5,8]
Output: [10,8]
Explanation:
- 10 is a lonely number since it appears exactly once and 9 and 11 does not appear in nums.
- 8 is a lonely number since it appears exactly once and 7 and 9 does not appear in nums.
- 5 is not a lonely number since 6 appears in nums and vice versa.
Hence, the lonely numbers in nums are [10, 8].
Note that [8, 10] may also be returned.


Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,3,5,3]
Output: [1,5]
Explanation:
- 1 is a lonely number since it appears exactly once and 0 and 2 does not appear in nums.
- 5 is a lonely number since it appears exactly once and 4 and 6 does not appear in nums.
- 3 is not a lonely number since it appears twice.
Hence, the lonely numbers in nums are [1, 5].
Note that [5, 1] may also be returned.


Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 105
• 0 <= nums[i] <= 106

## Solution: Counter

Computer the frequency of each number in the array, for a given number x with freq = 1, check freq of (x – 1) and (x + 1), if both of them are zero then x is lonely.

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(n)

## C++

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