0049-group-anagrams.js

/**
 * Sort - HeapSort Space O(1) | QuickSort Space O(log(K))
 * Hash Map - Adjacency List
 * Time O(N * (K * log(K))) | Space O(N * K)
 * https://leetcode.com/problems/group-anagrams/
 * @param {string[]} strs
 * @return {string[][]}
 */
var groupAnagrams = (words, map = new Map()) => {
    if (!words.length) return [];

    groupWords(words, map);    /* Time O(N * (K * log(K)) | Space O(N * K) */

    return [ ...map.values() ];/* Time O(N)               | Space O(N * K) */
};

var groupWords = (words, map) => {
    for (const original of words) {/* Time O(N) */
        const sorted = reorder(original);/* Time O(K * log(K)) | Space O(K) */
        const values = map.get(sorted) || [];

        values.push(original);           /*                    | Space O(N) */
        map.set(sorted, values);         /*                    | Space O(N * K) */
    }
}

const reorder = (str) => str
    .split('')                         /* Time O(K)          | Space O(K) */
    .sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b))/* Time O(K * log(K)) | Space O(1 || log(K)) */
    .join('');                         /* Time O(K)          | Space O(K) */

/**
 * Hash Map
 * Time O(N * K) | Space O(N * K)
 * https://leetcode.com/problems/group-anagrams/
 * @param {string[]} words
 * @return {string[][]}
 */
var groupAnagrams = (words, map = new Map()) => {
    if (!words.length) return [];

    groupWords(words, map);    /* Time O(N * K) | Space O(N * K) */

    return [ ...map.values() ];/* Time O(N)     | Space O(N * K) */
}

var groupWords = (words, map) => {
    for (const original of words) {/* Time O(N) */
        const hash = getHash(original); /* Time O(K) | Space O(1) */
        const values = map.get(hash) || [];

        values.push(original);          /*           | Space O(N) */
        map.set(hash, values);          /*           | Space O(N * K) */
    }
}

const getHash = (word) => {
    const frequency = new Array(26).fill(0);

    for (const char of word) {/* Time O(K) */
        const charCode = getCode(char);/* Time O(1) | Space (1) */

        frequency[charCode]++;         /*           | Space O(1) */
    }

    return buildHash(frequency)
}

const getCode = (char) => char.charCodeAt(0) - 'a'.charCodeAt(0);

const buildHash = (frequency) => frequency.toString();