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Solution: Custom Sort String

Understand how to solve the Custom Sort String problem by using hash maps for frequency counting and character ordering. This lesson guides you through building an optimal solution with O(n) time complexity, ensuring you can implement and analyze efficient custom sorting algorithms in coding interviews.

Statement

Given two strings, order and s, where all characters in order are unique and arranged in a custom order, return any permutation of s that satisfies the following condition:

The characters in the permuted s should appear in the same relative order as they do in order. Specifically, if a character x appears before a character y in order, then x must also appear before y in the permuted string.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq ...