String Matching in an Array
Problem statement
Given an array of string words. Return all strings in words which is substring of another word in any order.
String words[i] is substring of words[j], if can be obtained removing some characters to left and/or right side of words[j].
Example 1:
Input: words = ["mass","as","hero","superhero"]Output: ["as","hero"]Explanation: "as" is substring of "mass" and "hero" is substring of "superhero".["hero","as"] is also a valid answer.
Example 2:
Input: words = ["leetcode","et","code"]Output: ["et","code"]Explanation: "et", "code" are substring of "leetcode".
Example 3:
Input: words = ["blue","green","bu"]Output: []
Constraints:
1 <= words.length <= 1001 <= words[i].length <= 30words[i]contains only lowercase English letters.- It's guaranteed that
words[i]will be unique.
My solution
/**
* @param {string[]} words
* @return {string[]}
*/
var stringMatching = function(words) {
const track = {};
for (let i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
for (let j = 0; j < words.length; j++) {
// console.log(i, j)
const ref = words[i].length < words[j].length ? words[i]: words[j]
const search = words[i].length > words[j].length ? words[i]: words[j]
if (ref === search || track[ref]) {
continue;
}
// console.log(ref, search);
if (search.indexOf(ref) > -1) {
if (!track[ref]) {
track[ref] = [search]
} else {
track[ref].push(search)
}
}
}
}
// console.log(track)
return Object.keys(track)
};