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Problem: Custom Sort String

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30 min
Explore how to solve the custom sort string problem by applying hash map techniques to reorder a string according to a given unique character order. Learn to maintain relative character positions while meeting problem constraints and practice coding this pattern for effective interview preparation.

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 order.length 26\leq 26

  • 11 \leq s.length 200\leq 200

  • order and s consist of lowercase English letters.

  • All the characters of order are unique.

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Problem: Custom Sort String

Medium
30 min
Explore how to solve the custom sort string problem by applying hash map techniques to reorder a string according to a given unique character order. Learn to maintain relative character positions while meeting problem constraints and practice coding this pattern for effective interview preparation.

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 order.length 26\leq 26

  • 11 \leq s.length 200\leq 200

  • order and s consist of lowercase English letters.

  • All the characters of order are unique.