Minimum Window Substring
Hard
Hash Table
String
Sliding Window
Given two strings `s` and `t` of lengths `m` and `n` respectively, return *the minimum window substring of* `s` *such that every character in* `t` *(including duplicates) is included in the window*. If there is no such substring, return the empty string `""`.
Example 1
Input: s = "ADOBECODEBANC", t = "ABC"
Output: "BANC"
Explanation: The minimum window substring "BANC" includes 'A', 'B', and 'C' from string t.
Example 2
Input: s = "a", t = "a"
Output: "a"
Example 3
Input: s = "a", t = "aa"
Output: ""
Explanation: Both 'a's from t must be included, but s only has one 'a'.

Constraints

  • m == s.length
  • n == t.length
  • 1 <= m, n <= 10⁵
  • s and t consist of uppercase and lowercase English letters.
Time Complexity
O(m + n)
Space Complexity
O(m + n)
14
Case 1
Input: "ADOBECODEBANC" "ABC"
Expected: BANC
Case 2
Input: "a" "a"
Expected: a
Case 3
Input: "a" "aa"
Expected: