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This approach utilizes the fact that both arrays are sorted. Using two pointers, one for each array, we traverse the arrays to find the smallest common value:
Time Complexity: O(n + m), where n and m are the lengths of the two arrays. We only traverse each array once.
Space Complexity: O(1), no additional space is used apart from a few variables.
1def find_min_common_value(nums1, nums2):
2 i, j = 0, 0
3 while i < len(nums1) and j < len(nums2):
Using Python's list indexing and a simple while-loop structure similar to other languages, this solution finds the minimum common element using the two-pointer technique efficiently.
This approach uses a HashSet to store the elements of the smaller array, providing a quick way to check for common elements:
Time Complexity: O(n log n + m), mainly due to qsort and possibly bsearch in the worst case scenario per element in the second array.
Space Complexity: O(n), additional space used for sorting elements.
The JavaScript solution leverages the Set object for fast membership checks. Elements from one list are inserted into a Set and checked against the second list for common occurrence.