Easy
Rearrange Characters to Make Target String — C++
Full explanation · Time O(n + m) · Space O(1)
// Time: O(n + m)
// Space: O(1)
// freq table
class Solution {
public:
int rearrangeCharacters(string s, string target) {
vector<int> cnt1(26), cnt2(26);
for (const auto& c : s) {
++cnt1[c - 'a'];
}
for (const auto& c : target) {
++cnt2[c - 'a'];
}
int result = numeric_limits<int>::max();
for (int i = 0; i < size(cnt2); ++i) {
if (!cnt2[i]) {
continue;
}
result = min(result, cnt1[i] / cnt2[i]);
}
return result;
}
};