Real 49:
1. Group Words Alphabetically:
Problem:
You are given an array of words. Your task is to group these words alphabetically based on
their first letter and return the result as an object (dictionary/map), where:
• The keys are uppercase letters (A-Z).
• The values are arrays containing words that start with the corresponding letter.
Input:
const words = [
"Apple",
"Animals",
"Bat",
"Ball",
"Cat",
"Candy",
"Dog",
"Dare",
"Earth",
"Exam",
"Gang",
"Gun",
"Hat",
"Hate",
];
[Link](groupWordsByAlphabet(words));
Output:
{
"A": ["Animals", "Apple"],
"B": ["Ball", "Bat"],
"C": ["Candy", "Cat"],
"D": ["Dare", "Dog"],
"E": ["Earth", "Exam"],
"G": ["Gang", "Gun"],
"H": ["Hat", "Hate"]
}
Solution:
function groupWordsByAlphabet(words) {
let wordGroups = {};
for (let word of words) {
let firstLetter = word[0].toUpperCase(); // Get the first letter in uppercase
if (!wordGroups[firstLetter]) {
wordGroups[firstLetter] = []; // Initialize array if not exists
}
wordGroups[firstLetter].push(word); // Add word to respective group
}
return wordGroups;
}
// 🔍 Test Case
const words = [
"Apple",
"Animals",
"Bat",
"Ball",
"Cat",
"Candy",
"Dog",
"Dare",
"Earth",
"Exam",
"Gang",
"Gun",
"Hat",
"Hate",
];
[Link](groupWordsByAlphabet(words));
Explanation:
• The function loops through the array, extracts the first letter, and groups words into
an object.
• Each key represents the starting letter, and each value is an array of words beginning
with that letter.
• Time Complexity: O(n) (Iterate once through the array)
• Space Complexity: O(n) (Storing words in an object)
2. Group Students by First Letter of Their Name
Problem:
You are given an array of student names. Group these names based on the first letter of each
name. The result should be an object where:
• Keys are uppercase letters
• Values are arrays of names starting with that letter
const students = ["Amit", "Anjali", "Bhanu", "Bharat", "Chetan", "Charu"];
[Link](groupStudentsByInitial(students));
Solution:
function groupStudentsByInitial(students) {
const grouped = {};
for (let name of students) {
const firstChar = name[0].toUpperCase();
if (!grouped[firstChar]) {
grouped[firstChar] = [];
}
grouped[firstChar].push(name);
}
return grouped;
}
Explanation:
• We loop through the students array.
• For each name, get its first character and use it as the key.
• Group names by their first character.
• Time: O(n), Space: O(n)
3. Group Cities by Starting Letter
Problem:
Given an array of city names in India, group them by their starting letter into an object where
keys are the uppercase letters and values are the cities that begin with that letter.
const cities = [
"Delhi",
"Dehradun",
"Mumbai",
"Meerut",
"Chennai",
"Coimbatore",
];
[Link](groupCitiesByAlphabet(cities));
Solution:
function groupCitiesByAlphabet(cities) {
const cityGroups = {};
for (let city of cities) {
const key = city[0].toUpperCase();
if (!cityGroups[key]) {
cityGroups[key] = [];
}
cityGroups[key].push(city);
}
return cityGroups;
}
Explanation:
• Cities are grouped by their first letter.
• If the key doesn't exist, we initialize it.
• Append city names to the appropriate array.
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