Class Solution

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    2451 - Odd String Difference.

    Easy

    You are given an array of equal-length strings words. Assume that the length of each string is n.

    Each string words[i] can be converted into a difference integer array difference[i] of length n - 1 where difference[i][j] = words[i][j+1] - words[i][j] where 0 <= 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' is 0, 'b' is 1, and 'z' is 25.

    • For example, for the string "acb", the difference integer array is [2 - 0, 1 - 2] = [2, -1].

    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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      final String oddString(Array<String> words)
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