Leetcode 409 "Longest palimdrome"

January 1, 2022

Title

409. Longest Palindrome

Result

Runtime: 35 ms, faster than 5.55% of Java online submissions for Longest Palindrome. Memory Usage: 42.2 MB, less than 64.86% of Java online submissions for Longest Palindrome.

class Solution {
    public int longestPalindrome(String s) {
        int result = 0;
        int maxOdd = 0;
        Map<Character, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
        for(int i=0; i<s.length(); i++) {
            if(map.containsKey(s.charAt(i))) {
                int val = map.get(s.charAt(i));
                val = val + 1;
                map.put(s.charAt(i), val);
            } else {
                map.put(s.charAt(i), 1);
            }
        }
        
        boolean odds = false;
        for(int i=0; i<s.length(); i++) {
            if(map.get(s.charAt(i)) == null) {
                continue;
            }
            
            int val = map.get(s.charAt(i));
            if(val % 2 == 0) {
                // sum the pairs
                result = result + val;
                map.remove(s.charAt(i));
            } else {
                // sum the odds a pair
                odds = true;
                result = result + val - 1;
                map.remove(s.charAt(i));
            }
        }
        // if we ever added an odd we must add a extra 1
        return result + (odds ? 1 : 0);
    }
}