
Problem Statement
In the given problem, we are working with two strings referred to as sentences. Each sentence comprises single-space-separated words all in lowercase letters. We define a word as uncommon if it meets the following conditions: it appears exactly once in either of the sentences and does not appear in the other sentence. Our objective is to derive a list of these uncommon words from both given sentences using any order in the output.
Examples
Example 1
Input:
s1 = "this apple is sweet", s2 = "this apple is sour"
Output:
["sweet","sour"]
Explanation:
The word `"sweet"` appears only in `s1`, while the word `"sour"` appears only in `s2`.
Example 2
Input:
s1 = "apple apple", s2 = "banana"
Output:
["banana"]
Constraints
1 <= s1.length, s2.length <= 200s1ands2consist of lowercase English letters and spaces.s1ands2do not have leading or trailing spaces.- All the words in
s1ands2are separated by a single space.
Approach and Intention
Given the task requirements, let's break down our approach for identifying and returning the uncommon words between two sentences:
Tokenize the Sentences:
- Convert each sentence into a list of words. This can be achieved by using the string split method which will handle the space-separation.
Count Word Occurrences:
- Utilize a dictionary (or a hashmap) to count the occurrences of each word within each sentence. This will help in easily identifying words that appear more than once.
Identify Uncommon Words:
- Process through the dictionary of word counts from both sentences. Words that appear exactly once in one sentence and not at all in the other are flagged as uncommon.
Collect and Return Results:
- Gather all identified uncommon words into a list which will be returned as the final output.
This method is efficient given the constraints and should work well within the input size limits. It provides a clear pathway from reading and counting to conditionally selecting and outputting the results, ensuring that all operations adhere strictly to the definitions and rules set out in the problem statement.
Solutions
- C++
class Solution {
public:
vector<string> uniqueWords(string S1, string S2) {
unordered_map<string, int> wordFreq;
stringstream stream1(S1), stream2(S2);
string token;
while (stream1 >> token) {
wordFreq[token]++;
}
while (stream2 >> token) {
wordFreq[token]++;
}
vector<string> uniqueTerms;
for (const auto& entry : wordFreq) {
if (entry.second == 1) {
uniqueTerms.push_back(entry.first);
}
}
return uniqueTerms;
}
};
The provided C++ code defines a solution class method uniqueWords that identifies uncommon words between two given sentences, S1 and S2. This method accomplishes the task using the following steps:
- Create an
unordered_mapnamedwordFreqto record the frequency of each word across both sentences. - Use a
stringstreamto parse each word inS1and increment its count inwordFreq. - Similar to the previous step, parse each word in
S2using anotherstringstreamand update the frequency inwordFreq. - A
vector<string>nameduniqueTermsis prepared to store the result. - Iterate through each entry in
wordFreq. If a word's frequency is exactly one, it is identified as unique and added touniqueTerms. - Finally,
uniqueTermsis returned, which contains all the words that appear exactly once in eitherS1orS2.
Ensure to include the following steps in the implementation to use this code effectively:
- Include necessary headers such as
<vector>,<string>,<sstream>, and<unordered_map>before initializing the solution. - Prepare two strings representing your sentences to be compared.
- Instantiate the solution and call the
uniqueWordsmethod with the sentences to get the list of uncommon words.
- Java
class Solution {
public String[] uniqueWords(String sentence1, String sentence2) {
Map<String, Integer> wordFreq = new HashMap<>();
for (String word : sentence1.split(" ")) {
wordFreq.put(word, wordFreq.getOrDefault(word, 0) + 1);
}
for (String word : sentence2.split(" ")) {
wordFreq.put(word, wordFreq.getOrDefault(word, 0) + 1);
}
List<String> output = new ArrayList<>();
for (String word : wordFreq.keySet()) {
if (wordFreq.get(word) == 1) output.add(word);
}
return output.toArray(new String[0]);
}
}
The problem "Uncommon Words from Two Sentences" is efficiently addressed using Java in the provided solution. This code defines a method uniqueWords inside the Solution class to identify words that appear exclusively in either of two sentences. The implementation approach involves several key steps:
- Initialize a
HashMapnamedwordFreqto keep track of the frequency of each word from both sentences. - Split
sentence1into words and update their counts in thewordFreqHashMap using a loop. - Similarly, repeat the process for
sentence2. - Prepare a list named
outputto collect words that appear exactly once in either of the sentences. - Iterate over the keys in
wordFreqand check the frequency of each word. If it is exactly one, add that word to theoutputlist. - Finally, convert the list of uncommon words into an array before returning.
The solution efficiently counts and filters words using straightforward operations on data structures provided by Java’s standard library. This ensures that the method returns an array of uncommon words successfully.
- Python
class Solution:
def findUncommonWords(self, sentence1: str, sentence2: str) -> List[str]:
from collections import defaultdict
word_count = defaultdict(int)
for word in sentence1.split():
word_count[word] += 1
for word in sentence2.split():
word_count[word] += 1
return [word for word in word_count if word_count[word] == 1]
The challenge resolves finding words that appear exclusively in one of two given sentences using Python 3. The solution employs the defaultdict class from the collections module to effectively count occurrences of each word across both sentences.
Follow these steps to understand the solution provided:
Import
defaultdictfrom thecollectionsmodule to facilitate easy counting of word frequencies.Initialize
word_countas adefaultdictwith integer default values to store and count occurrences of each word from both sentences.Split
sentence1into individual words and iterate over them. Increment the count of each word inword_count.Repeat the process for
sentence2, again updating the counts inword_count.Extract and return words from
word_countthat have a count of exactly one, indicating the word is unique to one sentence and does not appear in the other.
This solution extracts uncommon words efficiently by utilizing a hash map structure allowing for rapid counting and retrieval operations. This process ensures that only words unique to one sentence are included in the final output.