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LeetCode 2278. Percentage of Letter in String is tagged String on LeetCode.

EasyNo. 2278

Percentage of Letter in String — LeetCode 2278 Python Solution

Pattern: Hash Map
Topics: String
Reading time: 2 min
Source: leetcode.com

The problem

Given a string s and a character letter, return the percentage of characters in s that equal letter rounded down to the nearest whole percent.

Example

Input: s = "foobar", letter = "o"
Output: 33
Explanation: The percentage of characters in s that equal the letter 'o' is 2 / 6 * 100% = 33% when rounded down, so we return 33.

Python solution

PythonSolution

class Solution:
    def percentageLetter(self, s: str, letter: str) -> int:
        return s.count(letter) * 100 // len(s)

Complexity

Time: O(n)
Space · auxiliary: O(1) to O(n)

Pattern: Hash Map

Trade memory for time: remember what you have seen so the second pass never happens. LeetCode 2278. Percentage of Letter in String is filed here because the reference solution below belongs to the algorithm family this hub collects, even though its LeetCode tags point elsewhere.

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

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"Okay, next one. Given a string, return the length of the longest substring that has no repeating characters. Walk me through your approach before you code it."

Technical interview · 45 minsolution.pyShared editor · Python 3Longest substring without repeatsMediumGiven a string s, return the length of the longest contiguous substring in which every character is unique.s = "abcabcbb"
→ 31def length_of_longest_substring(s: str) -> int:2 last_seen = {}3 left = best = 04 for right, ch in enumerate(s):5 if ch in last_seen and last_seen[ch] >= left:

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def length_of_longest_substring(s: str) -> int:    last_seen = {}                    # char -> index    left = best = 0    for right, ch in enumerate(s):        if ch in last_seen and last_seen[ch] >= left:            left = last_seen[ch] + 1  # jump past it        last_seen[ch] = right        best = max(best, right - left + 1)    return best    last_seen = {}                    # char -> index

Approach

At each index r, the window's left edge is:

left r = max (left r -1, last[s r] + 1)

Time O(n): each character enters and leaves the window once.
Space O(min(n, k)): k is the size of the character set.

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def length_of_longest_substring(s: str) -> int:    last_seen = {}                    # char -> index    left = best = 0    for right, ch in enumerate(s):        if ch in last_seen and last_seen[ch] >= left:            left = last_seen[ch] + 1  # jump past it        last_seen[ch] = right        best = max(best, right - left + 1)    return best    last_seen = {}                    # char -> index

Approach

At each index r, the window's left edge is:

left r = max (left r -1, last[s r] + 1)

Time O(n): each character enters and leaves the window once.
Space O(min(n, k)): k is the size of the character set.

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"Okay, next one. Given a string, return the length of the longest substring that has no repeating characters. Walk me through your approach before you code it."

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def length_of_longest_substring(s: str) -> int:    last_seen = {}                    # char -> index    left = best = 0    for right, ch in enumerate(s):        if ch in last_seen and last_seen[ch] >= left:            left = last_seen[ch] + 1  # jump past it        last_seen[ch] = right        best = max(best, right - left + 1)    return best    last_seen = {}                    # char -> index

Approach

At each index r, the window's left edge is:

left r = max (left r -1, last[s r] + 1)

Time O(n): each character enters and leaves the window once.
Space O(min(n, k)): k is the size of the character set.

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Pattern: Hash Map

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