【LeetCode】389. Find the Difference 找不同(Easy)(JAVA)
题目地址: https://leetcode-cn.com/problems/find-the-difference/
题目描述:
You are given two strings s and t.
String t is generated by random shuffling string s and then add one more letter at a random position.
Return the letter that was added to t.
Example 1:
Input: s = "abcd", t = "abcde"
Output: "e"
Explanation: 'e' is the letter that was added.
Example 2:
Input: s = "", t = "y"
Output: "y"
Example 3:
Input: s = "a", t = "aa"
Output: "a"
Example 4:
Input: s = "ae", t = "aea"
Output: "a"
Constraints:
- 0 <= s.length <= 1000
- t.length == s.length + 1
- s and t consist of lower-case English letters.
题目大意
给定两个字符串 s 和 t,它们只包含小写字母。
字符串 t 由字符串 s 随机重排,然后在随机位置添加一个字母。
请找出在 t 中被添加的字母。
解题方法
- 这一题和数组中其他元素出现两次,唯一一个元素出现一次的题目类似
- 可以借用异或的特性: aba = b, 相当于重复的元素被异或两次最后被消除了
- 所以只要把 s 和 t 的所有元素异或一遍就是结果了
class Solution {
public char findTheDifference(String s, String t) {
char res = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
res ^= s.charAt(i);
res ^= t.charAt(i);
}
res ^= t.charAt(t.length() - 1);
return res;
}
}
执行耗时:2 ms,击败了76.78% 的Java用户
内存消耗:37 MB,击败了37.49% 的Java用户