Class Solution
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public final class Solution
2451 - Odd String Difference.
Easy
You are given an array of equal-length strings
words
. Assume that the length of each string isn
.Each string
words[i]
can be converted into a difference integer arraydifference[i]
of lengthn - 1
wheredifference[i][j] = words[i][j+1] - words[i][j]
where0 <= j <= n - 2
. Note that the difference between two letters is the difference between their positions in the alphabet i.e. the position of'a'
is0
,'b'
is1
, and'z'
is25
.For example, for the string
"acb"
, the difference integer array is[2 - 0, 1 - 2] = [2, -1]
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All the strings in words have the same difference integer array, except one. You should find that string.
Return the string in
words
that has different difference integer array.Example 1:
Input: words = "adc","wzy","abc"
Output: "abc"
Explanation:
The difference integer array of "adc" is 3 - 0, 2 - 3 = 3, -1.
The difference integer array of "wzy" is 25 - 22, 24 - 25= 3, -1.
The difference integer array of "abc" is 1 - 0, 2 - 1 = 1, 1.
The odd array out is 1, 1, so we return the corresponding string, "abc".
Example 2:
Input: words = "aaa","bob","ccc","ddd"
Output: "bob"
Explanation: All the integer arrays are 0, 0 except for "bob", which corresponds to 13, -13.
Constraints:
3 <= words.length <= 100
n == words[i].length
2 <= n <= 20
words[i]
consists of lowercase English letters.
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