There are n
rings and each ring is either red, green, or blue. The rings are distributed across ten rods labeled from 0
to 9
.
You are given a string rings
of length 2n
that describes the n
rings that are placed onto the rods. Every two characters in rings
forms a color-position pair that is used to describe each ring where:
- The first character of the
ith
pair denotes theith
ring's color ('R'
,'G'
,'B'
). - The second character of the
ith
pair denotes the rod that theith
ring is placed on ('0'
to'9'
).
For example, "R3G2B1"
describes n == 3
rings: a red ring placed onto the rod labeled 3, a green ring placed onto the rod labeled 2, and a blue ring placed onto the rod labeled 1.
Return the number of rods that have all three colors of rings on them.
Example 1:
Input: rings = "B0B6G0R6R0R6G9" Output: 1 Explanation: - The rod labeled 0 holds 3 rings with all colors: red, green, and blue. - The rod labeled 6 holds 3 rings, but it only has red and blue. - The rod labeled 9 holds only a green ring. Thus, the number of rods with all three colors is 1.
Example 2:
Input: rings = "B0R0G0R9R0B0G0" Output: 1 Explanation: - The rod labeled 0 holds 6 rings with all colors: red, green, and blue. - The rod labeled 9 holds only a red ring. Thus, the number of rods with all three colors is 1.
Example 3:
Input: rings = "G4" Output: 0 Explanation: Only one ring is given. Thus, no rods have all three colors.
Constraints:
rings.length == 2 * n
1 <= n <= 100
rings[i]
wherei
is even is either'R'
,'G'
, or'B'
(0-indexed).rings[i]
wherei
is odd is a digit from'0'
to'9'
(0-indexed).
Using hash table.
class Solution:
def countPoints(self, rings: str) -> int:
mp = defaultdict(set)
for i in range(1, len(rings), 2):
c = int(rings[i])
mp[c].add(rings[i - 1])
return sum(1 for v in mp.values() if len(v) == 3)
class Solution {
public int countPoints(String rings) {
Map<Integer, Set<Character>> mp = new HashMap<>();
for (int i = 1; i < rings.length(); i += 2) {
int c = rings.charAt(i) - '0';
mp.computeIfAbsent(c, k -> new HashSet<>()).add(rings.charAt(i - 1));
}
int ans = 0;
for (Set<Character> e : mp.values()) {
if (e.size() == 3) {
++ans;
}
}
return ans;
}
}
class Solution {
public:
int countPoints(string rings) {
unordered_map<int, unordered_set<char>> mp;
for (int i = 1; i < rings.size(); i += 2)
{
int c = rings[i] - '0';
mp[c].insert(rings[i - 1]);
}
int ans = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
if (mp[i].size() == 3)
++ans;
return ans;
}
};