People Whose List of Favorite Companies Is Not a Subset of Another List — LeetCode 1452 Python Solution

MediumArrayHash TableString
Problem
#1452
Pattern
Hash Map
Reading time
3 min

The problem

Given the array favoriteCompanies where favoriteCompanies[i] is the list of favorites companies for the ith person (indexed from 0). Return the indices of people whose list of favorite companies is not a subset of any other list of favorites companies.

Example

Input
favoriteCompanies = [["leetcode","google","facebook"],["google","microsoft"],["google","facebook"],["google"],["amazon"]]
Output
[0,1,4]
Explanation
Person with index=2 has favoriteCompanies[2]=["google","facebook"] which is a subset of favoriteCompanies[0]=["leetcode","google","facebook"] corresponding to the person with index 0.

Python solution

Python
class Solution:
    def peopleIndexes(self, favoriteCompanies: List[List[str]]) -> List[int]:
        idx = 0
        d = {}
        n = len(favoriteCompanies)
        nums = [set() for _ in range(n)]
        for i, ss in enumerate(favoriteCompanies):
            for s in ss:
                if s not in d:
                    d[s] = idx
                    idx += 1
                nums[i].add(d[s])
        ans = []
        for i in range(n):
            if not any(i != j and (nums[i] & nums[j]) == nums[i] for j in range(n)):
                ans.append(i)
        return ans

Complexity

MeasureComplexity
Time(n \times m \times k + n^2 \times m)
SpaceO(n \times m) auxiliary

Pattern: Hash Map

Trade memory for time: remember what you have seen so the second pass never happens. LeetCode 1452. People Whose List of Favorite Companies Is Not a Subset of Another List is filed here on both counts: the reference solution below belongs to the algorithm family this hub collects, and LeetCode tags it Hash Table.

The hash map guide has the Python template for the pattern and the 709 LeetCode problems that use it.

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LeetCode 1452. People Whose List of Favorite Companies Is Not a Subset of Another List is rated Medium on LeetCode.
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The Python solution on this page runs in (n \times m \times k + n^2 \times m).
What is the space complexity of LeetCode 1452. People Whose List of Favorite Companies Is Not a Subset of Another List?
The Python solution on this page uses O(n \times m) auxiliary space.
What topics does LeetCode 1452. People Whose List of Favorite Companies Is Not a Subset of Another List cover?
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