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Two Sum with Target

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Problem

At Stripe, you are given a list of transaction values and a target amount. Return the indices of the two distinct elements whose sum equals the target.

Formal Specification

Implement a function two_sum(nums, target) where:

  • nums is a list of integers
  • target is an integer
  • Return a list of two integers representing the indices of the matching pair

You may assume:

  1. Exactly one valid pair exists.
  2. You may not use the same element twice.
  3. The returned indices can be in any order.

Constraints

  • 2 <= len(nums) <= 10^4
  • -10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
  • -10^9 <= target <= 10^9
  • Exactly one valid answer exists
  • You may not use the same element twice

Function Signature

def two_sum(nums, target):
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