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Linked List or Array Challenge

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Problem

Silicon Valley Bank may need to rotate an in-memory sequence of transaction batches before processing a new reporting window. Given an array nums, rotate its elements to the right by k positions and modify the array in place.

Formal Specification

Implement rotate_right(nums, k), where nums is a mutable array of integers and k is a non-negative integer. The function must rearrange nums so that each element moves k positions to the right, wrapping around at the end. Return the modified array. Do not create an array proportional to nums.length.

Constraints

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 10^5
  • 0 <= k <= 10^9
  • -10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
  • The rotation must use O(1) extra space
  • The input array must be modified in place

Function Signature

def rotate_right(nums, k):
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