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LeetCode 456, Medium. Topics: Array, Binary Search, Stack, Monotonic Stack, Ordered Set. View on LeetCode. Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 18 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:

Problem

Given an array of n integers nums, a 132 pattern is a subsequence of three integers nums[i], nums[j] and nums[k] such that i < j < k and nums[i] < nums[k] < nums[j]. Return true if there is a 132 pattern in nums, otherwise, return false.

Examples

Constraints

  • n == nums.length
  • 1 <= n <= 2 * 10^5
  • -10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9

Solution

Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:

Complexity

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Last modified on September 7, 2026