[LeetCode 5.3] Ransom Note

Ransom Note

Given an arbitrary ransom note string and another string containing letters from all the magazines, write a function that will return true if the ransom note can be constructed from the magazines ; otherwise, it will return false.

Each letter in the magazine string can only be used once in your ransom note.

Example 1:

Input: ransomNote = "a", magazine = "b"
Output: false

Example 2:

Input: ransomNote = "aa", magazine = "ab"
Output: false

Example 3:

Input: ransomNote = "aa", magazine = "aab"
Output: true

Constraints:

• You may assume that both strings contain only lowercase letters.

Python3 Solution:

class Solution:
    def canConstruct(self, ransomNote: str, magazine: str) -> bool:
        dic = defaultdict(int)
        for ch in ransomNote:
            dic[ch] -= 1
        for ch in magazine:
            if dic and ch in dic:
                dic[ch] += 1
                if dic[ch] > -1:
                    dic.pop(ch)
        return not dic