DIY: String Transforms into Another String
Solve the interview question "String Transforms into Another String" in this lesson.
We'll cover the following
Problem statement
Given two strings of the same length str1
and str2
, determine whether you can transform str1
into str2
by doing zero or more conversions.
Note: In one conversion you can convert all occurrences of one character in
str1
to any other lowercase English character.
Return true if and only if you can transform str1
into str2
.
Input
The input will be two strings. The following is an example input:
inputs = ("aabcc", "ccdee")
Output
The output will be a Boolean value. The following is an example output:
true
Coding exercise
Implement the can_convert(str1, str2)
function, where str1
is the string that needs to be converted to str2
. The function returns true
or false
depending on whether the conversion is possible.
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