minimum-window-substring

minimum-window-substring


Given two strings s and t of lengths m and n respectively, return the minimum window substring of s such that every character in t (including duplicates) is included in the window. If there is no such substring, return the empty string "".



The testcases will be generated such that the answer is unique.



 


Example 1:



Input: s = "ADOBECODEBANC", t = "ABC"
Output: "BANC"
Explanation: The minimum window substring "BANC" includes 'A', 'B', and 'C' from string t.


Example 2:



Input: s = "a", t = "a"
Output: "a"
Explanation: The entire string s is the minimum window.


Example 3:



Input: s = "a", t = "aa"
Output: ""
Explanation: Both 'a's from t must be included in the window.
Since the largest window of s only has one 'a', return empty string.


 


Constraints:




  • m == s.length

  • n == t.length

  • 1 <= m, n <= 105

  • s and t consist of uppercase and lowercase English letters.



 


Follow up: Could you find an algorithm that runs in O(m + n) time?


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