Check if there is any common character in two given strings

Given two strings. The task is to check that is there any common character in between two strings.

Examples:

Input: s1 = "geeksforgeeks", s2 = "geeks"
Output: Yes

Input: s1 = "geeks", s2 = "for"
Output: No

Recommended: Please try your approach on {IDE} first, before moving on to the solution.

Approach: Traverse the 1st string and map the characters of the string with its frequency, in this map characters act as a key and the frequency its value. Then traverse the second string and we will check if there is any character that is present in both the string then it is confirmed that there is a common sub-sequence.

Below is the implementation of above approach:

C++

// C++ implementation of above approach 
#include <bits/stdc++.h> 
using namespace std; 
  
// Function to match character 
bool check(string s1, string s2) 
{ 
    // Create a map to map 
    // characters of 1st string 
    map<char, int> map; 
  
    // traverse the first string 
    // and create a hash map 
    for (int i = 0; i < s1.length(); i++) 
        map[s1[i]]++; 
  
    // traverse the second string 
    // and if there is any 
    // common character than return 1 
    for (int i = 0; i < s2.length(); i++) 
        if (map[s2[i]] > 0) 
            return true; 
  
    // else return 0 
    return false; 
} 
  
// Driver code 
int main() 
{ 
    // Declare two strings 
    string s1 = "geeksforgeeks", s2 = "geeks"; 
  
    // Find if there is a common subsequence 
    bool yes_or_no = check(s1, s2); 
  
    if (yes_or_no == true) 
        cout << "Yes" << endl; 
  
    else
        cout << "No" << endl; 
  
    return 0; 
} 

Java

// Java implementation of above approach 
import java.util.*; 
  
class GFG  
{ 
  
// Function to match character  
static boolean check(String s1, String s2)  
{ 
    // Create a map to map  
    // characters of 1st string  
    Map<Character, Integer> mp = new HashMap<>(); 
  
    // traverse the first string  
    // and create a hash map  
    for (int i = 0; i < s1.length(); i++) 
    { 
        mp.put(s1.charAt(i), mp.get(s1.charAt(i)) == null ? 1 : mp.get(s1.charAt(i)) + 1); 
    } 
  
    // traverse the second string  
    // and if there is any  
    // common character than return 1  
    for (int i = 0; i < s2.length(); i++)  
    { 
        if (mp.get(s2.charAt(i)) > 0)  
        { 
            return true; 
        } 
    } 
  
    // else return 0  
    return false; 
} 
  
// Driver code  
public static void main(String[] args) 
{ 
    // Declare two strings  
    String s1 = "geeksforgeeks", s2 = "geeks"; 
  
    // Find if there is a common subsequence  
    boolean yes_or_no = check(s1, s2); 
  
    if (yes_or_no == true) 
    { 
        System.out.println("Yes"); 
    }  
    else
    { 
        System.out.println("No"); 
    } 
} 
} 
  
/* This code contributed by PrinciRaj1992 */

Python3

# Python3 program to check whether  
# two lists are overlaping or not 
def is_member(List, key): 
  
    for i in range(0, len(List)): 
        if key == List[i]: 
            return True
    return False
  
def overlap(List1 , List2): 
  
    for key in List1: 
        if is_member( List2, key ): 
            return True
  
    return False
  
# Driver Code 
if __name__ == '__main__': 
  
    s1 = 'geeksforgeeks'
    s2 = 'geeks'
  
    List1 = list( s1 ) 
    List2 = list( s2 ) 
  
    yes_or_no = str(overlap( List1, List2 )) 
      
    if (yes_or_no): 
        print("Yes") 
    else: 
        print("No") 
  
# This code is contributed  
# by Krishna_Yadav 

C#

// C# program to check if successive  
// pair of numbers in the queue are  
// consecutive or not  
using System; 
using System.Collections.Generic; 
  
class GFG  
{ 
  
// Function to match character  
static Boolean check(String s1, String s2)  
{ 
    // Create a map to map  
    // characters of 1st string  
    Dictionary<char,int> mp = new Dictionary<char,int>(); 
  
    // traverse the first string  
    // and create a hash map  
    for (int i = 0; i < s1.Length; i++) 
    { 
        if(mp.ContainsKey(s1[i])) 
        { 
            var val = mp[s1[i]]; 
            mp.Remove(s1[i]); 
            mp.Add(s1[i], val + 1);  
        } 
        else
        { 
            mp.Add(s1[i], 1); 
        } 
    } 
  
    // traverse the second string  
    // and if there is any  
    // common character than return 1  
    for (int i = 0; i < s2.Length; i++)  
    { 
        if (mp[s2[i]] > 0)  
        { 
            return true; 
        } 
    } 
  
    // else return 0  
    return false; 
} 
  
// Driver code  
public static void Main(String[] args) 
{ 
    // Declare two strings  
    String s1 = "geeksforgeeks", s2 = "geeks"; 
  
    // Find if there is a common subsequence  
    Boolean yes_or_no = check(s1, s2); 
  
    if (yes_or_no == true) 
    { 
        Console.WriteLine("Yes"); 
    }  
    else
    { 
        Console.WriteLine("No"); 
    } 
} 
} 
  
// This code contributed by Rajput-Ji 

Output:

Yes

Time Complexity: O(n) where n is the length of the string

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