Number of Segments in a String — LeetCode 434 Python Solution
EasyString
- Problem
- #434
- Pattern
- Hash Map
- Reading time
- 2 min
- Source
- leetcode.com
The problem
Given a string s, return the number of segments in the string. A segment is defined to be a contiguous sequence of non-space characters.
Example
- Input
- s = "Hello, my name is John"
- Output
- 5
- Explanation
- The five segments are ["Hello,", "my", "name", "is", "John"]
Python solution
Python
class Solution:
def countSegments(self, s: str) -> int:
return len(s.split())Complexity
| Measure | Complexity |
|---|---|
| Time | O(n) |
| Space | O(n), where n is the length of the string \textit{s} auxiliary |
Pattern: Hash Map
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- How hard is LeetCode 434. Number of Segments in a String?
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- What is the time complexity of LeetCode 434. Number of Segments in a String?
- The Python solution on this page runs in O(n).
- What is the space complexity of LeetCode 434. Number of Segments in a String?
- The Python solution on this page uses O(n), where n is the length of the string \textit{s} auxiliary space.
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