Leetcode 389. Find the Difference (Easy) (cpp)
Tag: Hash Table, Bit Manipulation
Difficulty: Easy
/*
389. Find the Difference (Easy)
Given two strings s and t which consist of only lowercase letters.
String t is generated by random shuffling string s and then add one more letter at a random position.
Find the letter that was added in t.
Example:
Input:
s = "abcd"
t = "abcde"
Output:
e
Explanation:
'e' is the letter that was added.
*/
class Solution {
public:
char findTheDifference(string s, string t) {
char result = 0;
for (char c : s) {
result ^= c;
}
for (char c : t) {
result ^= c;
}
return result;
}
};
class Solution {
public:
char findTheDifference(string s, string t) {
unordered_map<char, int> mapping;
for (char c : s) {
mapping[c] += 1;
}
for (char c : t) {
mapping[c] -= 1;
if (mapping[c] == -1) {
return c;
}
}
return ' ';
}
};