Solution: Shortest Word Distance II
Explore how to design a WordDistance class that computes the shortest distance between any two words in an array efficiently. Understand the use of a dictionary to map word positions and apply a two-pointer technique to minimize distance calculations. This lesson improves your ability to implement custom data structures for faster query solutions.
We'll cover the following...
Statement
Design a data structure that takes in an array of strings and efficiently computes the shortest distance between any two different strings in the array.
Implement the WordDistance class:
WordDistance(String[] wordsDict): Initializes the object with an array of strings.int shortest(String word1, String word2): Returns the shortest distance betweenword1andword2in the array of strings.
Constraints:
wordsDict.length...