Minimum Index Sum of Two Lists
Description
Suppose Andy and Doris want to choose a restaurant for dinner, and they both have a list of favorite 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.
Solution(javascript)
/**
* @param {string[]} list1
* @param {string[]} list2
* @return {string[]}
*/
const findRestaurant = function (list1, list2) {
let sum = Infinity
const map = list1.reduce((acc, str, index) => {
acc[str] = index
return acc
}, {})
for (let i = 0; i < list2.length; i++) {
const index1 = map[list2[i]]
if (index1 >= 0 && index1 + i < sum) {
sum = index1 + i
}
}
const result = []
for (let i = 0; i < list2.length; i++) {
const index1 = map[list2[i]]
if (index1 >= 0 && index1 + i === sum) {
result.push(list2[i])
}
}
return result
}