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Solution: Sort Items by Groups Respecting Dependencies

Explore how to organize and sort items by their groups with dependency constraints. Learn to apply hierarchical topological sorting on both group-level and item-level graphs to find valid orderings or detect cycles. This lesson teaches a method essential for solving complex coding interview problems involving dependencies and grouping.

Statement

You are given nn items indexed from 00 to n1n − 1. Each item belongs to 00 or one of m groups, described by the array group, where:

  • group[i] ...