string plus sorting Pattern
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Pattern brief
Recognize first
Asks how you maintain original word order when lengths are equal.
Solve rhythm
State the active state and invariant first, explain how each update preserves them, then pressure-test with counterexamples.
Most common miss
Forgetting to preserve original order for words of the same length.
Recognition signals
- Asks how you maintain original word order when lengths are equal.
- Checks if your solution handles capitalization correctly after sorting.
- Check if the candidate efficiently extracts numeric indices from words without extra string manipulations.
Solve flow
- 1. Define the active state/window.
- 2. Update state while preserving invariants.
- 3. Validate with edge-heavy examples.
Common misses
- Forgetting to preserve original order for words of the same length.
- Forgetting to remove the numeric suffix after sorting, resulting in incorrect output.
- Forgetting to handle uppercase vowels separately, leading to incorrect ASCII order.
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