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Reorder Data in Log Files

Problem statement

You are given an array of logs. Each log is a space-delimited string of words, where the first word is the identifier.

There are two types of logs:

  • Letter-logs: All words (except the identifier) consist of lowercase English letters.
  • Digit-logs: All words (except the identifier) consist of digits.

Reorder these logs so that:

  1. The letter-logs come before all digit-logs.
  2. The letter-logs are sorted lexicographically by their contents. If their contents are the same, then sort them lexicographically by their identifiers.
  3. The digit-logs maintain their relative ordering.

Return the final order of the logs.

Example 1:

Input: logs = ["dig1 8 1 5 1","let1 art can","dig2 3 6","let2 own kit dig","let3 art zero"]Output: ["let1 art can","let3 art zero","let2 own kit dig","dig1 8 1 5 1","dig2 3 6"]Explanation:The letter-log contents are all different, so their ordering is "art can", "art zero", "own kit dig".The digit-logs have a relative order of "dig1 8 1 5 1", "dig2 3 6".

Example 2:

Input: logs = ["a1 9 2 3 1","g1 act car","zo4 4 7","ab1 off key dog","a8 act zoo"]Output: ["g1 act car","a8 act zoo","ab1 off key dog","a1 9 2 3 1","zo4 4 7"]

Constraints:

  • 1 <= logs.length <= 100
  • 3 <= logs[i].length <= 100
  • All the tokens of logs[i] are separated by a single space.
  • logs[i] is guaranteed to have an identifier and at least one word after the identifier.

My solution

/**
* @param {string[]} logs
* @return {string[]}
*/
var reorderLogFiles = function(logs) {
const letterLogs = logs.filter(log => {
return log.match(/^[a-z0-9]+\s(?!\d)/)
}).sort((a, b) => {
const [_, idA, strA] = a.match(/^([a-z0-9]+)\s(.+)/)
const [__, idB, strB] = b.match(/^([a-z0-9]+)\s(.+)/)

// localeCompare => 0 if they are equivalent.
// console.log(idA, idB, parseInt(idA), parseInt(idB))
if (strA.localeCompare(strB) === 0) {
return idA.localeCompare(idB)
}

return strA.localeCompare(strB)
})
const digitLogs = logs.filter(log => {
return !log.match(/^[a-z0-9]+\s(?!\d)/)
})

return [
...letterLogs,
...digitLogs
]
};