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LeetCode 432, Hard. Topics: Hash Table, Linked List, Design, Doubly-Linked List. View on LeetCode. Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 20 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:

Problem

Design a data structure to store the strings’ count with the ability to return the strings with minimum and maximum counts. Implement the AllOne class:
  • AllOne() Initializes the object of the data structure.
  • inc(String key) Increments the count of the string key by 1. If key does not exist in the data structure, insert it with count 1.
  • dec(String key) Decrements the count of the string key by 1. If the count of key is 0 after the decrement, remove it from the data structure. It is guaranteed that key exists in the data structure before the decrement.
  • getMaxKey() Returns one of the keys with the maximal count. If no element exists, return an empty string "".
  • getMinKey() Returns one of the keys with the minimum count. If no element exists, return an empty string "".
Note that each function must run in O(1) average time complexity.

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Constraints

  • 1 <= key.length <= 10
  • key consists of lowercase English letters.
  • It is guaranteed that for each call to dec, key exists in the data structure.
  • At most 5 * 10^4 calls will be made to inc, dec, getMaxKey, and getMinKey.

Solution

Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:

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Last modified on September 7, 2026