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I see two solution from others
- using
Enummodule
@spec two_sum(nums:: [integer], target:: integer) :: [integer]
def two_sum(nums, target) do
Enum.reduce_while(nums, {%{}, 0}, fn n, {map, i} ->
complement = Map.get(map, target - n)
if complement do
{:halt, [i, complement]}
else
{:cont, {Map.put(map, n, i), i + 1}}
end
end)
end
- Using recursion
@spec two_sum(nums :: [integer], target :: integer) :: [integer]
def two_sum(nums, target) do
helper(Enum.with_index(nums), %{}, target)
end
defp helper([{value, index} | _t], map, _target) when is_map_key(map, value), do: [map[value], index]
defp helper([{value, index} | t], map, target), do: helper(t, Map.put(map, target - value, index), target)
What is difference in terms of efficiency?(time and space complexity)?
First solution is easy to understand for me but second solution using recursion is hard to understand.
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Eiji
In a second example this part:
is adding you one extra loop over whole
numslist. You can passias a fourth argument tohelper/3function and work with it similarly to how you do that in anEnum.reduce_while/3-based example.