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Why map works fine but unordered_map throws TLE
By shivanshsingh9670, history, 20 months ago, In English

Question

In my both solutions, i am storing the frequencies of the values in maps and then pushing in priority queue. When I use unordered_map, it throws tle. But if I use map, it is accepted. Can someone explain Why ?

Unordered_map Solution — TLE

Map Solution — Acceppted

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20 months ago, # |
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This is a very common mistake for beginners. All people think that unordered_map time is O(1), but actually average time is O(1). When storing large prime numbers, the time can get up to O(n)

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