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Leetcode Permutation in String problem 567
/*
Given two strings s1 and s2, return true if s2 contains a permutation of s1, or false otherwise.
In other words, return true if one of s1's permutations is the substring of s2.
*/
const checkInclusion = (s1, s2) => {
if (s1.length > s2.length) return false;
const s1Dict = {};
const s2Dict = {};
// Create dictionary of s1
for (let i = 0; i <= s1.length - 1; i++) {
let letter = s1[i];
let letter2 = s2[i];
s1Dict[letter] = letter in s1Dict ? s1Dict[letter] + 1 : 1;
s2Dict[letter2] = letter2 in s2Dict ? s2Dict[letter2] + 1 : 1;
}
if (objectsAreEqual(s1Dict, s2Dict)) return true;
for (let i = s1.length; i <= s2.length - 1; i++) {
// Remove letter from s2
let letter = s2[i - s1.length];
s2Dict[letter]--;
let newLetter = s2[i];
s2Dict[newLetter] = newLetter in s2Dict ? s2Dict[newLetter] + 1 : 1;
if (objectsAreEqual(s1Dict, s2Dict)) return true;
}
return false;
};
const objectsAreEqual = (a, b) => {
const keys = Object.keys(a);
for (let i = 0; i <= keys.length - 1; i++) {
let key = keys[i];
if (a[key] !== b[key]) return false;
}
return true;
};
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