🎯 DSA Pattern Grouping Exercise - Solution

A) Two Pointers

1) Left–Right (two ends / shrinking)

https://leetcode.com/problems/container-with-most-water/ (Problem #2)
https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-palindrome/ (Problem #13)

https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum/ (Problem #25)

https://leetcode.com/problems/4sum/ (Problem #36)

https://leetcode.com/problems/trapping-rain-water/ (Problem #40)

2) Merging (one pointer per array/stream)

https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-sorted-array/ (Problem #4)

3) In-place Rewrite / Filtering

https://leetcode.com/problems/move-zeroes/ (Problem #19)

https://leetcode.com/problems/remove-duplicates-from-sorted-array/ (Problem #39)

4) Virtual/Circular (rotation/wrap-around)
https://leetcode.com/problems/rotate-array/ (Problem #31)

5) Partitioning / Rearranging
https://leetcode.com/problems/rearrange-array-elements-by-sign/ (Problem #10)
https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-colors/ (Problem #27)

B) Sliding Window

1) Fixed Size
https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-points-you-can-obtain-from-cards/ (Problem #23)

https://leetcode.com/problems/max-consecutive-ones/ (Problem #34)

2) Dynamic (expand/contract)
https://leetcode.com/problems/max-consecutive-ones-iii/ (Problem #3)

https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-substring-without-repeating-characters/ (Problem #6)

https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-window-substring/ (Problem #16)

https://leetcode.com/problems/number-of-substrings-containing-all-three-characters/ (Problem
#26)
 https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-repeating-character-replacement/ (Problem #33)

3) Counting All Windows (atMost/exactly technique)

https://leetcode.com/problems/count-number-of-nice-subarrays/ (Problem #8)

https://leetcode.com/problems/subarrays-with-k-different-integers/ (Problem #12)

4) Window + Data Structure

https://leetcode.com/problems/sliding-window-maximum/ (Problem #32)

C) Prefix/Suffix Sum + Frequency Map

https://leetcode.com/problems/subarray-sum-equals-k/ (Problem #24)

D) Hashing / Set / Grouping by Signature

1) Duplicate Detection
https://leetcode.com/problems/contains-duplicate/ (Problem #7)
https://leetcode.com/problems/set-mismatch/ (Problem #35)

2) Grouping by Key/Signature
https://leetcode.com/problems/group-anagrams/ (Problem #11)

https://leetcode.com/problems/isomorphic-strings/ (Problem #28)

https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-anagram/ (Problem #30)

3) Frequency-Based Operations
https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-characters-by-frequency/ (Problem #1)
https://leetcode.com/problems/single-number/ (Problem #21)

4) Advanced Hashing
https://leetcode.com/problems/two-sum/ (Problem #17)

https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-consecutive-sequence/ (Problem #14)

E) Binary Search
https://leetcode.com/problems/find-peak-element/ (Problem #20)

F) String Processing / Simulation

https://leetcode.com/problems/roman-to-integer/ (Problem #5)

https://leetcode.com/problems/string-to-integer-atoi/ (Problem #9)

https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-words-in-a-string/ (Problem #22)

 https://leetcode.com/problems/compare-version-numbers/ (Problem #29)
https://leetcode.com/problems/rotate-string/ (Problem #38)

G) Array Simulation / Pattern Recognition

https://leetcode.com/problems/check-if-array-is-sorted-and-rotated/ (Problem #15)

https://leetcode.com/problems/next-permutation/ (Problem #18)

H) Advanced String Algorithms

https://leetcode.com/problems/sum-of-beauty-of-all-substrings/ (Problem #37)

📊 Summary by Pattern:
Two Pointers: 11 problems

Sliding Window: 9 problems

Prefix/Suffix Sum + Frequency Map: 1 problem

Hashing / Set / Grouping by Signature: 7 problems

Binary Search: 1 problem

String Processing / Simulation: 5 problems

Array Simulation / Pattern Recognition: 2 problems

Advanced String Algorithms: 1 problem

Total: 37 problems categorized

🤔 Analysis Notes:
Key Observations:
1. Two Pointers is the most common pattern, especially for array problems involving comparisons or
arrangements

2. Sliding Window appears frequently for substring/subarray problems with conditions

3. Hashing patterns are essential for duplicate detection and grouping problems

4. Some problems could fit multiple categories, but I chose the most direct approach

Pattern Recognition Tips:

Look for keywords like "subarray", "substring" → likely Sliding Window
Problems asking for "two elements that sum to X" → Two Pointers or Hashing

Anagram/grouping problems → Hashing with signatures

Array rearrangement → Two Pointers partitioning