387. First Unique Character in a String (Easy)
https://leetcode.com/problems/first-unique-character-in-a-string/
Given a string, find the first non-repeating character in it and return it's index. If it doesn't exist, return -1.
Examples:
s = "leetcode" return 0. s = "loveleetcode", return 2.
Note: You may assume the string contain only lowercase letters.
Solutions
class Solution {
public int firstUniqChar(String s) {
if (s == null || s.length() == 0) {
return -1;
}
// Keep the count of each character, and the key should be sorted in the
// order it is inserted.
Map<Character, Integer> countMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
// Keep the position of the first occurrence of each character.
Map<Character, Integer> positionMap = new HashMap<>();
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
Character c = s.charAt(i);
if (!countMap.containsKey(c)) {
countMap.put(c, 0);
}
countMap.put(c, countMap.get(c) + 1);
if (!positionMap.containsKey(c)) {
positionMap.put(c, i);
}
}
for (Character c : countMap.keySet()) {
if (countMap.get(c) == 1) {
return positionMap.get(c);
}
}
return -1;
}
}