Merge pull request hackdartstorm#2693 from H-yuin/main

Solve hackdartstorm#1153

Author: hackdartstorm

exercises/1000_programs/medium/1153_string_transform.py

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+def can_transform(str1: str, str2: str) -> bool:
+    """
+    Check if str1 can transform into str2 by replacing each character in str1
+    with another character (or the same character).
+
+    Args:
+        str1 (str): The source string.
+        str2 (str): The target string.
+
+    Returns:
+        bool: True if str1 can be transformed into str2, False otherwise.
+
+    Examples:
+        Input: str1 = "aabcc", str2 = "ccdee"
+        Output: True
+        Explanation: 'a'->'c', 'b'->'d', 'c'->'e'
+
+        Input: str1 = "leetcode", str2 = "codeleet"
+        Output: False
+        Explanation: There's no way to map 'l' and 'e' to satisfy both positions.
+    """
+    if len(str1) != len(str2):
+        return False
+    
+    if str1 == str2:
+        return True
+    
+    char_map = {}
+    for c1, c2 in zip(str1, str2):
+        if c1 in char_map:
+            if char_map[c1] != c2:
+                return False
+        else:
+            char_map[c1] = c2
+    
+    if len(set(str2)) == 26:
+        return str1 == str2
+    
+    return True
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    example1_str1 = "aabcc"
+    example1_str2 = "ccdee"
+    result1 = can_transform(example1_str1, example1_str2)
+    print(f"Input: str1 = '{example1_str1}', str2 = '{example1_str2}'")
+    print(f"Output: {result1}")
+    
+    example2_str1 = "leetcode"
+    example2_str2 = "codeleet"
+    result2 = can_transform(example2_str1, example2_str2)
+    print(f"\nInput: str1 = '{example2_str1}', str2 = '{example2_str2}'")
+    print(f"Output: {result2}")