## 290. Word Pattern ### Question Given a pattern and a string str, find if str follows the same pattern. Here follow means a full match, such that there is a bijection between a letter in pattern and a non-empty word in str. ``` Example 1: Input: pattern = "abba", str = "dog cat cat dog" Output: true Example 2: Input:pattern = "abba", str = "dog cat cat fish" Output: false Example 3: Input: pattern = "aaaa", str = "dog cat cat dog" Output: false Example 4: Input: pattern = "abba", str = "dog dog dog dog" Output: false Notes: You may assume pattern contains only lowercase letters, and str contains lowercase letters separated by a single space. ``` ### Second time: 1. The key point of this question is the reflection between key and value. 2. We need to mapping relationship is unique, so we can use HashMap, and use two methods: containsKey and containsValue. ```Java class Solution { public boolean wordPattern(String pattern, String str) { String[] arr = str.split(" "); char[] charArr = pattern.toCharArray(); if(arr.length != charArr.length) return false; Map<String, Character> map = new HashMap<>(); for(int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++){ if(!map.containsKey(arr[i]) && !map.containsValue(charArr[i])){ map.put(arr[i], charArr[i]); }else if(!map.containsKey(arr[i]) && map.containsValue(charArr[i])){ return false; }else{ if(charArr[i] != map.get(arr[i])) return false; } } return true; } } ```