shlogg · Early preview
Rahul Kumar Barnwal @rahulgithub-web

Word Pattern Match: True If S Follows Pattern.

Word Pattern" problem: Given a pattern string & a string s, return true if each char maps to exactly one word & vice versa. Use two hash maps to ensure consistency. Time complexity: O(n), space complexity: O(1).

Top Interview 150
The Word Pattern problem tests your ability to handle bijective mappings between characters and words. Let’s solve LeetCode 290: Word Pattern step by step.


  
  
  🚀 Problem Description

Given:

A pattern string containing only lowercase letters.
A string s consisting of words separated by spaces.

Return true if s follows the same pattern as pattern, i.e.:

Each character in pattern maps to exactly one word in s.
Each word in s maps to exactly one character in pattern.



  
  
  💡 Examples

Example 1

Input: pattern = "abba", s = "dog cat cat dog"  
Output: true  
Expla...