Description

Given two strings S and T, return if they are equal when both are typed into empty text editors. # means a backspace character.

Example 1:

Input: S = "ab#c", T = "ad#c"
Output: true
Explanation: Both S and T become "ac".

Example 2:

Input: S = "ab##", T = "c#d#"
Output: true
Explanation: Both S and T become "".

Example 3:

Input: S = "a##c", T = "#a#c"
Output: true
Explanation: Both S and T become "c".

Example 4:

Input: S = "a#c", T = "b"
Output: false
Explanation: S becomes "c" while T becomes "b".

Note:

  1. 1 <= S.length <= 200
  2. 1 <= T.length <= 200
  3. S and T only contain lowercase letters and ‘#’ characters.

Follow up:
Can you solve it in O(N) time and O(1) space?

分析

题目的意思为:判断两个字符串最终的输出是否是一样的,其中#代表键盘回退/删除

  • 双指针法,从后往前遍历,代码写了三个循环,很容易懂

代码

class Solution {
public:
bool backspaceCompare(string S, string T) {
int i=S.size()-1;
int j=T.size()-1;
int skipS=0;
int skipT=0;
while(i>=0||j>=0){
while(i>=0){
if(S[i]=='#'){
skipS++;
i--;
}else if(skipS>0){
skipS--;i--;
}else break;
}
while(j>=0){
if(T[j]=='#'){
skipT++;
j--;
}else if(skipT>0){
skipT--;
j--;
}else break;
}
if(i>=0&&j>=0&&S[i]!=T[j]){
return false;
}
if((i>=0)!=(j>=0)){
return false;
}
i--;
j--;
}
return true;
}
};

参考文献

​844. Backspace String Compare​