Easy
Single-Row Keyboard — Python
Full explanation · Time O(n) · Space O(1)
# Time: O(n)
# Space: O(1)
class Solution(object):
def calculateTime(self, keyboard, word):
"""
:type keyboard: str
:type word: str
:rtype: int
"""
lookup = {c:i for i, c in enumerate(keyboard)}
result, prev = 0, 0
for c in word:
result += abs(lookup[c]-prev)
prev = lookup[c]
return result