0383 Ransom Note

Solved at: 2023-01-28

Ransom Note

Question

Given two strings ransomNote and magazine, return true if ransomNote can be constructed by using the letters from magazine and false otherwise.

Each letter in magazine can only be used once in ransomNote.

Solution

class Solution {
    func canConstruct(_ ransomNote: String, _ magazine: String) -> Bool {
        var map = [Character: Int]()
        for (_, char) in magazine.enumerated() {
            if map.keys.contains(char) {
                print("(char) is in map")
                map[char]! += 1
            }
            else {
                print("(char) is not in map")
                map[char] = 1
            }
        }

        for (_, char) in ransomNote.enumerated() {
            if map.keys.contains(char) {
                if map[char]! == 0 {
                    return false
                } else {
                    map[char]! -= 1
                }
            } else {
                return false
            }
        }
        return true
    }
}

Results

• Runtime 511 ms. Beats 5.8%
• Memory 14.5 MB. Beats 61.68%

Complexity Analysis

Time: $O(n)$ Space: $O(n)$ -- we can say this $O(1)$ because there are only 26 possible keys

Takeaways

Dictionary with finite set of key possible is $O(1)$