Intersection of Three Sorted Arrays — LeetCode 1213 Python Solution

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Problem
#1213
Reading time
2 min

The problem

Given three integer arrays arr1, arr2 and arr3 sorted in strictly increasing order, return a sorted array of only the integers that appeared in all three arrays.

Example

Input
arr1 = [1,2,3,4,5], arr2 = [1,2,5,7,9], arr3 = [1,3,4,5,8]
Output
[1,5]
Explanation
Only 1 and 5 appeared in the three arrays.

Python solution

Python
class Solution:
    def arraysIntersection(
        self, arr1: List[int], arr2: List[int], arr3: List[int]
    ) -> List[int]:
        cnt = Counter(arr1 + arr2 + arr3)
        return [x for x in arr1 if cnt[x] == 3]

Complexity

MeasureComplexity
TimeO(n)
SpaceO(m) auxiliary

Pattern: Binary Search

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