Round 1
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Follow-up Question
- Can you explain your approach to solving the problem?
Candidate's Approach
- Iterate through the string while maintaining a stack.
- If the character is a letter, push it to the stack.
- If the character is a digit:
- Remove the last letter (if any) from the stack.
- Do not push the digit itself.
- The final stack contains the remaining string.
Python Implementation:
class Solution(object): def clearDigits(self, s): """ :type s: str :rtype: str """ stack = [] for char in s: if char.isdigit(): if stack: # Remove the closest non-digit to the left stack.pop() else: stack.append(char) return "".join(stack)
Complexity Analysis:
- Time Complexity: O(n) → Single pass through s.
- Space Complexity: O(n) → Stack stores at most n characters.
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