389. Find the Difference
Given two strings s and t which consist of only lowercase letters.
String t is generated by random shuffling string s and then add one more letter at a random position.
Find the letter that was added in t.
Example:
Input:
s = "abcd"
t = "abcde"
Output:
e
Explanation:
'e' is the letter that was added.
// XOR Bit Manipulation
char findTheDifference(string s, string t) { // time: O(n); space: O(1)
int n = s.length();
char res = t[n];
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
res ^= s[i];
res ^= t[i];
}
return res;
}
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