LeetCode in Kotlin
521. Longest Uncommon Subsequence I
Easy
Given two strings a and b, return the length of the longest uncommon subsequence between a and b. If the longest uncommon subsequence does not exist, return -1.
An uncommon subsequence between two strings is a string that is a subsequence of one but not the other.
A subsequence of a string s is a string that can be obtained after deleting any number of characters from s.
- For example,
"abc"is a subsequence of"aebdc"because you can delete the underlined characters in"aebdc"to get"abc". Other subsequences of"aebdc"include"aebdc","aeb", and""(empty string).
Example 1:
Input: a = “aba”, b = “cdc”
Output: 3
Explanation: One longest uncommon subsequence is “aba” because “aba” is a subsequence of “aba” but not “cdc”. Note that “cdc” is also a longest uncommon subsequence.
Example 2:
Input: a = “aaa”, b = “bbb”
Output: 3
Explanation: The longest uncommon subsequences are “aaa” and “bbb”.
Example 3:
Input: a = “aaa”, b = “aaa”
Output: -1
Explanation: Every subsequence of string a is also a subsequence of string b. Similarly, every subsequence of string b is also a subsequence of string a.
Constraints:
1 <= a.length, b.length <= 100aandbconsist of lower-case English letters.
Solution
class Solution {
fun findLUSlength(a: String, b: String): Int {
return if (a == b) {
-1
} else {
a.length.coerceAtLeast(b.length)
}
}
}