599. Minimum Index Sum of Two Lists
599. Minimum Index Sum of Two Lists
Suppose Andy and Doris want to choose a restaurant for dinner, and they both have a list of favorite j
restaurants represented by strings.
You need to help them find out their common interest with the least list index sum. If there is a choice
tie between answers, output all of them with no order requirement. You could assume there always exists an
answer.
Example 1:
Input:
["Shogun", "Tapioca Express", "Burger King", "KFC"]
["Piatti", "The Grill at Torrey Pines", "Hungry Hunter Steakhouse", "Shogun"]
Output: ["Shogun"]
Explanation: The only restaurant they both like is "Shogun".
Example 2:
Input:
["Shogun", "Tapioca Express", "Burger King", "KFC"]
["KFC", "Shogun", "Burger King"]
Output: ["Shogun"]
Explanation: The restaurant they both like and have the least index sum is "Shogun" with index sum 1 (0+1).
Note:
The length of both lists will be in the range of [1, 1000].
The length of strings in both lists will be in the range of [1, 30].
The index is starting from 0 to the list length minus 1.
No duplicates in both lists.
- HashMap
public String[] findRestaurant(String[] list1, String[] list2) {
String[] l = list1.length > list2.length ? list1 : list2;
String[] s = l == list1 ? list2 : list1;
HashMap<String, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
for(int i = 0; i < l.length; i++) {
map.put(l[i], i);
}
ArrayList<String> temp = new ArrayList<>();
int sum = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
for(int i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
if(map.containsKey(s[i])) {
if(i + map.get(s[i]) == sum) {
temp.add(s[i]);
} else if(i + map.get(s[i]) < sum) {
temp.clear();
temp.add(s[i]);
sum = i + map.get(s[i]);
}
}
}
String[] result = new String[temp.size()];
for(int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) result[i] = temp.get(i);
return result;
}