Section titled Problem
Problem
Given an array strings, determine whether it follows the sequence given in the patterns array. In other words, there should be no i and j for which strings[i] = strings[j] and patterns[i] ≠ patterns[j] or for which strings[i] ≠ strings[j] and patterns[i] = patterns[j].
Example
- For
strings = ["cat", "asu", "asu"]andpatterns = ["a", "b", "b"], the output should besolution(strings, patterns) = true; - For
strings = ["cat", "asu", "anjing"]andpatterns = ["a", "b", "b"], the output should besolution(strings, patterns) = false.
Input/Output
[input] array.string strings
An array of strings, each containing only lowercase English letters.
Guaranteed constraints:
1 ≤ strings.length ≤ 10^5,1 ≤ strings[i].length ≤ 10.[input] array.string patterns
An array of pattern strings, each containing only lowercase English letters.
Guaranteed constraints:
patterns.length = strings.length,1 ≤ patterns[i].length ≤ 10.[output] boolean
Return
trueifstringsfollowspatternsandfalseotherwise.
Section titled Solution
Solution
- This solution uses two maps to store the relationship between a string and a pattern.
- For each string in strings, the solution checks if a pattern has already been assigned to that string and if the assigned pattern is the same as the current pattern in patterns.
- If not, the function returns false.
- The same is done for the pattern to string mapping.
- If no inconsistencies are found, the function returns true.
func solution(strings []string, patterns []string) bool {
stringToPattern := make(map[string]string)
patternToString := make(map[string]string)
for i, str := range strings {
pattern, strExists := stringToPattern[str]
string, patternExists := patternToString[patterns[i]]
if strExists && pattern != patterns[i] || patternExists && str != string {
return false
}
stringToPattern[str] = patterns[i]
patternToString[patterns[i]] = str
}
return true
}