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Reorder Data in Log Files

Problem Description

You are given an array of logs. Each log is a space-delimited string of words, where the first word is the identifier.

There are two types of logs:

• Letter-logs: All words (except the identifier) consist of lowercase English letters.
• Digit-logs: All words (except the identifier) consist of digits.

Reorder these logs so that:

• The letter-logs come before all digit-logs.
• The letter-logs are sorted lexicographically by their contents. If their contents are the same, then sort them lexicographically by their identifiers.
• The digit-logs maintain their relative ordering.

Return the final order of the logs.

Problem Constraints

1 <= logs.length <= 1000
3 <= logs[i].length <= 1000
All the tokens of logs[i] are separated by a single space.
logs[i] is guaranteed to have an identifier and at least one word after the identifier.

Input Format

The first argument is a string array A where each element is a log.

Output Format

Return the string array A after making the changes.

Example Input

Input 1:

A = ["dig1-8-1-5-1", "let1-art-can", "dig2-3-6", "let2-own-kit-dig", "let3-art-zero"]

Input 2:

A = ["a1-9-2-3-1","g1-act-car","zo4-4-7","ab1-off-key-dog","a8-act-zoo"]

Example Output

Output 1:

["let1-art-can","let3-art-zero","let2-own-kit-dig","dig1-8-1-5-1","dig2-3-6"]

Output 2:

["g1-act-car", "a8-act-zoo", "ab1-off-key-dog", "a1-9-2-3-1", "zo4-4-7"]

Example Explanation

Explanation 1:

The letter-log contents are all different, so their ordering is "art-can", "art-zero", "own-kit-dig".
The digit-logs have a relative order of "dig1-8-1-5-1", "dig2-3-6".

Explanation 2:

The array has been sorted restricted to the conditions given.