{"id":7314,"date":"2025-06-26T19:54:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namastedev.com\/blog\/?p=7314"},"modified":"2025-06-26T19:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:24:28","slug":"jewels-and-stones-using-two-nested-loops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namastedev.com\/blog\/jewels-and-stones-using-two-nested-loops\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewels and Stones using two nested loops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- PrismJS for Syntax Highlighting -->\n<link href=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/prismjs@1.29.0\/themes\/prism-tomorrow.min.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/prismjs@1.29.0\/prism.min.js\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/prismjs@1.29.0\/plugins\/autoloader\/prism-autoloader.min.js\"><\/script>\n\n<style>\n  .wp_blog_main-heading {\n    text-align: center;\n    font-size: 2.4rem;\n    color: #E58C32;\n    margin-top: 2.5rem;\n    font-weight: bold;\n  }\n\n  .wp_blog_explanation,\n  .wp_blog_code-tabs-container {\n    max-width: 940px;\n    margin: 2rem auto;\n    padding: 2rem;\n    border-radius: 12px;\n    background-color: #f9fafb;\n  }\n\n  .wp_blog_explanation h2 {\n    font-size: 1.4rem;\n    color: #E58C32;\n    margin-bottom: 0.75rem;\n  }\n\n  .wp_blog_explanation p,\n  .wp_blog_explanation li {\n    font-size: 1.05rem;\n    line-height: 1.7;\n    margin: 0.5rem 0;\n    color: #1f2937;\n  }\n\n  .wp_blog_explanation code {\n    padding: 3px 6px;\n    border-radius: 4px;\n    background: #e5e7eb;\n    font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\n  }\n\n  .wp_blog_code-tabs-header {\n    display: flex;\n    flex-wrap: wrap;\n    gap: 0.5rem;\n    margin-bottom: 1rem;\n  }\n\n  .wp_blog_code-tab-button {\n    padding: 0.6rem 1.2rem;\n    border: 1px solid #E58C32;\n    color: #E58C32;\n    border-radius: 50px;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    cursor: pointer;\n    background-color: white;\n    transition: background 0.3s ease, color 0.3s ease;\n  }\n\n  .wp_blog_code-tab-button.active {\n    background: #E58C32;\n    color: white;\n  }\n\n  .wp_blog_code-tab-content {\n    display: none;\n    background: #111827;\n    border-radius: 12px;\n  }\n\n  .wp_blog_code-tab-content.active {\n    display: block;\n  }\n\n  .wp_blog_code-tab-content pre {\n    margin: 0;\n    padding: 1.5rem;\n    font-size: 1rem;\n    overflow-x: auto;\n    color: #f3f4f6;\n    background: #111827;\n    border-radius: 12px;\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"wp_blog_explanation\">\n  <h2>Problem Statement:<\/h2>\n  <p>You&#8217;re given strings <code>jewels<\/code> representing the types of stones that are jewels, and <code>stones<\/code> representing the stones you have. 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You want to know how many of the stones you have are also jewels.<\/p>\n  <p>Letters are case sensitive, so <code>\"a\"<\/code> is different from <code>\"A\"<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n  <h2>Example:<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Input:<\/strong> jewels = &#8220;aA&#8221;, stones = &#8220;aAAbbbb&#8221;<br><strong>Output:<\/strong> 3<\/p>\n  <p><strong>Input:<\/strong> jewels = &#8220;z&#8221;, stones = &#8220;ZZ&#8221;<br><strong>Output:<\/strong> 0<\/p>\n\n  <h2>Constraints:<\/h2>\n  <ul>\n    <li>1 \u2264 jewels.length, stones.length \u2264 50<\/li>\n    <li>jewels and stones consist of only English letters<\/li>\n    <li>All characters in <code>jewels<\/code> are unique<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <h2>Approach 1 :<\/h2>\n  <ul>\n    <li>Use two nested loops: Outer loop over <code>stones<\/code>, inner loop over <code>jewels<\/code>.<\/li>\n    <li>If a character in <code>stones<\/code> matches any in <code>jewels<\/code>, increment the count.<\/li>\n    <li>Break inner loop once matched to avoid redundant checks.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <h2>Time and Space Complexity:<\/h2>\n  <ul>\n    <li><strong>Time Complexity:<\/strong> O(m \u00d7 n) \u2014 where <code>m<\/code> is the length of <code>stones<\/code> and <code>n<\/code> is the length of <code>jewels<\/code>.<\/li>\n    <li><strong>Space Complexity:<\/strong> O(1) \u2014 constant extra space.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp_blog_code-tabs-container\">\n  <div class=\"wp_blog_code-tabs-header\">\n    <button class=\"wp_blog_code-tab-button active\" data-lang=\"js\">JavaScript<\/button>\n    <button class=\"wp_blog_code-tab-button\" data-lang=\"c\">C<\/button>\n    <button class=\"wp_blog_code-tab-button\" data-lang=\"cpp\">C++<\/button>\n    <button class=\"wp_blog_code-tab-button\" data-lang=\"java\">Java<\/button>\n    <button class=\"wp_blog_code-tab-button\" data-lang=\"py\">Python<\/button>\n    <button class=\"wp_blog_code-tab-button\" data-lang=\"csharp\">C#<\/button>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- JavaScript -->\n  <div class=\"wp_blog_code-tab-content active\" data-lang=\"js\">\n    <pre><code class=\"language-javascript\">\nvar numJewelsInStones = function(jewels, stones) {\n    let count = 0;\n    for (let i = 0; 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