Medium
Minimum Index Sum of Common Elements — C++
Full explanation · Time O(n + m) · Space O(n)
// Time: O(n + m)
// Space: O(n)
// hash table
class Solution {
public:
int minimumSum(vector<int>& nums1, vector<int>& nums2) {
static const int INF = numeric_limits<int>::max();
unordered_map<int, int> lookup;
for (int i = 0; i < size(nums1); ++i) {
if (lookup.count(nums1[i])) {
continue;
}
lookup[nums1[i]] = i;
}
int result = INF;
for (int j = 0; j < size(nums2); ++j) {
if (lookup.count(nums2[j])) {
result = min(result, lookup[nums2[j]] + j);
}
}
return result != INF ? result : -1;
}
};