Brian Yang
Brian Yang
algorithm designer
Mar 22, 2020 1 min read

Relative Sort Array

Given two arrays arr1 and arr2, the elements of arr2 are distinct, and all elements in arr2 are also in arr1.

Sort the elements of arr1 such that the relative ordering of items in arr1 are the same as in arr2.  Elements that don't appear in arr2 should be placed at the end of arr1 in ascending order.

 

Example 1:

Input: arr1 = [2,3,1,3,2,4,6,7,9,2,19], arr2 = [2,1,4,3,9,6]
Output: [2,2,2,1,4,3,3,9,6,7,19]

 

Constraints:

  • arr1.length, arr2.length <= 1000
  • 0 <= arr1[i], arr2[i] <= 1000
  • Each arr2[i] is distinct.
  • Each arr2[i] is in arr1.

Remember

  • sorting an array of numbers doesnt do what you expect
  • for in deconstructing returns index then arg
  • rember to use entries
  • for in only objects

Solution


var relativeSortArray = function (arr1, arr2) {
  let hash = {}
  for (let [i, num] of arr2.entries()) {
    hash[num] = i
  }
  for (let [i, num] of arr1.entries()) {
    if (!(num in hash)) hash[num] = i + 1000
  }
  return arr1.sort((a, b) => hash[a] - hash[b])
};
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