Tips for solving leetcode codings interview problems
If input array is sorted then
- Binary search
- Two pointers
If asked for all permutations/subsets then
- Backtracking
If given a tree then
- DFS
- BFS
If given a graph then
- DFS
- BFS
If given a linked list then
- Two pointers
If recursion is banned then
- Stack
If must solve in-place then
- Swap corresponding values
- Store one or more different values in the same pointer
If asked for maximum/minimum subarray/subset/options then
- Dynamic programming
If asked for top/least K items then
- Heap
If asked for common strings then
- Map
- Trie
Else
- Map/Set for O(1) time & O(n) space
- Sort input for O(nlogn) time and O(1) space
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