/** * @name The-Sliding-Window Algorithm is primarily used for the problems dealing with linear data structures like Arrays, Lists, Strings etc. * These problems can easily be solved using Brute Force techniques which result in quadratic or exponential time complexity. * Sliding window technique reduces the required time to linear O(n). * @see [The-Sliding-Window](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/window-sliding-technique/) */ /** * @function PermutationinString * @description Given two strings s1 and s2, return true if s2 contains a permutation of s1, or false otherwise. * @param {String} s1 - The input string * @param {String} s2 - The input string * @return {boolean} - Returns true if s2 contains a permutation of s1, or false otherwise. */ export function PermutationinString(s1, s2) { if (s1.length > s2.length) return false let start = 0 let end = s1.length - 1 const s1Set = SetHash() const s2Set = SetHash() for (let i = 0; i < s1.length; i++) { s1Set[s1[i]]++ s2Set[s2[i]]++ } if (equals(s1Set, s2Set)) return true while (end < s2.length - 1) { if (equals(s1Set, s2Set)) return true end++ const c1 = s2[start] const c2 = s2[end] if (s2Set[c1] > 0) s2Set[c1]-- s2Set[c2]++ start++ if (equals(s1Set, s2Set)) return true } return false } function equals(a, b) { return JSON.stringify(a) === JSON.stringify(b) } function SetHash() { const set = new Set() const alphabets = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' for (let i = 0; i < alphabets.length; i++) { set[alphabets[i]] = 0 } return set } // Example 1: // Input: s1 = "ab", s2 = "eidbaooo" // Output: true // Explanation: s2 contains one permutation of s1 ("ba"). // Example 2: // Input: s1 = "ab", s2 = "eidboaoo" // Output: false