validate palindrome solutions

Author: dolphinflow86

valid-palindrome/dolphinflow86.py

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+# 1) Iterate through the string using two-pointers, skipping non-alphanumeric characters and comparing them in lowercase to validate the palindrome in-place.
+# TC: O(N) where N is the length of s
+# SC: O(1)
+class Solution:
+    def isPalindrome(self, s: str) -> bool:
+        left = 0
+        right = len(s) - 1
+
+        while left < right:
+            if not s[left].isalnum():
+                left += 1
+                continue
+            if not s[right].isalnum():
+                right -= 1
+                continue
+
+            if s[left].lower() != s[right].lower(): return False
+            left += 1
+            right -= 1 
+    
+        return True
+
+# 2) Filter alphanumeric characters and conver them to lowercase to create a new string and then simply validate palindrome using two-pointers
+# TC: O(N) where N is the length of s
+# SC: O(N) where N is the length of s
+class Solution:
+    def isPalindrome(self, s: str) -> bool:
+        new_str = ""
+        for ch in s:
+            if ch.isalnum():
+                new_str += ch.lower()
+
+        n = len(new_str)
+        left = 0
+        right = n - 1
+
+        while left < right:
+            if new_str[left] != new_str[right]: return False
+            left += 1
+            right -= 1 
+
+        return True