Editorial for CCC '11 S2 - Multiple Choice

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Authors: Kirito

Scan the two lists into an array, and compare them.

Time Complexity: $\mathcal O(N)$ ~\mathcal O(N)~

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JohnstonLiu commented on Jan. 28, 2020, 1:31 p.m. ← edited →

You actually don't need to scan both lists into an array. You don't have to store the second list in an array. You can scan the first list only and then while you are reading the input for the next list you can compare it with the previous list.

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Tzak commented on Jan. 28, 2020, 6:09 p.m.

You actually don't need to do the problem

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JohnstonLiu commented on Feb. 11, 2020, 10:50 p.m. ← edit 3 →

I know this solution would work with Java. Not sure about other languages. Sorry about being unclear.