LeetCode: Prefix And Suffix Search Solution

1/**
2 * @param {string[]} words
3 */
4var WordFilter = function (words) {
5 this.mapPrefix = new Map()
6 this.mapSuffix = new Map()
7
8 for (const [wordIndex, word] of words.entries()) {
9 for (let i = 0; i <= word.length; i++) {
10 const [prefix, suffix] = [
11 word.substring(0, i),
12 word.substring(word.length - i),
13 ]
14
15 if (!this.mapPrefix.has(prefix)) {
16 this.mapPrefix.set(prefix, [])
17 }
18 if (!this.mapSuffix.has(suffix)) {
19 this.mapSuffix.set(suffix, [])
20 }
21
22 this.mapPrefix.get(prefix).push(wordIndex)
23 this.mapSuffix.get(suffix).push(wordIndex)
24 }
25 }
26}
27
28/**
29 * @param {string} prefix
30 * @param {string} suffix
31 * @return {number}
32 */
33WordFilter.prototype.f = function (prefix, suffix) {
34 if (!this.mapPrefix.has(prefix) || !this.mapSuffix.has(suffix)) {
35 return -1
36 }
37
38 const [prefixes, suffixes] = [
39 this.mapPrefix.get(prefix),
40 this.mapSuffix.get(suffix),
41 ]
42 let [i, j] = [prefixes.length - 1, suffixes.length - 1]
43
44 while (i >= 0 && j >= 0) {
45 if (prefixes[i] < suffixes[j]) {
46 j--
47 } else if (prefixes[i] > suffixes[j]) {
48 i--
49 } else {
50 return prefixes[i]
51 }
52 }
53
54 return -1
55}

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