export default function alienOrder(words: string[]): string { const { edges, indegrees, valid, chars } = createEdgesAndIndegrees(words); if (!valid) return ""; const order = topologicalsort(edges, indegrees, chars); return order.length === chars.size ? order.join("") : ""; } function createEdgesAndIndegrees(words: string[]): { edges: Map>; indegrees: Map; valid: boolean; chars: Set; } { const chars: Set = new Set(); let valid = true; const edges = new Map>(); const indegrees = new Map(); for (const word of words) { Array.prototype.forEach.call(word, (c: string) => { chars.add(c); }); } for (let i = 0, j = 1; i < words.length && j < words.length; i++, j++) { const word1 = words[i]; const word2 = words[j]; if (word1.startsWith(word2) && word2.length < word1.length) { valid = false; return { valid, edges, indegrees, chars }; } for (let k = 0; k < word1.length && k < word2.length; k++) { const char1 = word1[k]; const char2 = word2[k]; if (char1 !== char2) { edges.set(char1, (edges.get(char1) || new Set()).add(char2)); break; } } } const parents = new Map>(); for (const [parent, children] of edges) { for (const child of children) { parents.set(child, (parents.get(child) || new Set()).add(parent)); } } parents.forEach((p, child) => { indegrees.set(child, p.size); }); return { valid, edges, indegrees, chars }; } function topologicalsort( edges: Map>, indegrees: Map, chars: Set, ): string[] { const order: string[] = []; let queue = [...chars.keys()].filter((key) => !indegrees.has(key)); while (queue.length) { const temp: string[] = []; for (const char of queue) { order.push(char); const children = edges.get(char); if (children) { for (const child of children) { const indegree = -1 + (indegrees.get(child) ?? 0); indegrees.set(child, indegree); if (indegree === 0) { temp.push(child); } } } } queue = temp; } return order; }