问题描述
在一个字符串中找到第一个只出现一次的字符。如输入字符串"abbc",应该输出字符'a'。
程序
public class FirstCharacter {
// Time/Space: O(n)
public char findFirstAppearChar(String s) {
if (s == null || s.length() == 0) {
return ' ';
}
HashMap<Character, Integer> map = new HashMap<Character, Integer>();
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
char c = s.charAt(i);
if (!map.containsKey(c)) {
map.put(c, 1);
} else {
map.put(c, map.get(c) + 1);
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
char c = s.charAt(i);
if (map.get(c) == 1) {
return c;
}
}
return ' ';
}
// Time: O(n^2)
public char findFirstAppearCharNaive(String s) {
if (s == null || s.length() == 0) {
return ' ';
}
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
char c = s.charAt(i);
boolean flag = true;
for (int j = i + 1; j < s.length(); j++) {
if (s.charAt(j) == c) {
flag = false;
break;
}
}
if (flag) {
return c;
}
}
return ' ';
}
}