Goat Latin — LeetCode 824 Python Solution

The problem

You are given a string sentence that consist of words separated by spaces. Each word consists of lowercase and uppercase letters only.

Example

Input

sentence = "I speak Goat Latin"

Output

"Imaa peaksmaaa oatGmaaaa atinLmaaaaa"

Python solution

class Solution:
    def toGoatLatin(self, sentence: str) -> str:
        ans = []
        for i, word in enumerate(sentence.split()):
            if word.lower()[0] not in ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']:
                word = word[1:] + word[0]
            word += 'ma'
            word += 'a' * (i + 1)
            ans.append(word)
        return ' '.join(ans)

Complexity

Pattern: Hash Map

Trade memory for time: remember what you have seen so the second pass never happens. LeetCode 824. Goat Latin 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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