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387. First Unique Character in a String

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Problem Statement

387. First Unique Character in a String

Easy


Given a string s, find the first non-repeating character in it and return its index. If it does not exist, return -1.

 

Example 1:

Input: s = "leetcode"
Output: 0

Example 2:

Input: s = "loveleetcode"
Output: 2

Example 3:

Input: s = "aabb"
Output: -1

 

Constraints:

C++

Source file
class Solution {
public:
    int firstUniqChar(string s) {
        map <char, int> m;
        for (int i=0; i<s.length(); i++){
            m[s[i]]++;
        }
        for (int i=0; i<s.length(); i++){
            if (m[s[i]]==1)
                return i;
        }
        return -1;
    }
};