/**Given a string, determine if a permutation of the string could form a palindrome. Example Input: s = "code" Output: False Input: s = "carerac" Output: True Explanation: "carerac" --> "carerac" */ public class Solution { /** * @param s: the given string * @return: if a permutation of the string could form a palindrome */ public boolean canPermutePalindrome(String s) { HashMap<Character,Integer> map = new HashMap<>(); int length = s.length(); for (int i=0;i<length;i++) { char c = s.charAt(i); if (!map.containsKey(c)){ map.put(c,1); } else { int val = map.get(c); val+=1; map.put(c,val); } } //计算val,只有两种情况下s为回文串 //1.没有出现次数为基数的字母 //2.string长度为基数,并有一个出现次数为基数的字母 int oddCount = 0; for (Map.Entry<Character,Integer> entry : map.entrySet()) { int val = entry.getValue(); if (val%2==1){ oddCount++; } } return (oddCount==0 || (length%2==1 && oddCount==1)); } }