Code RoomFirst non-repeating character
EasyPrep Room Coding #1564

First non-repeating character

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresEntry–Mid~15 min

Given a string, return the index of the first character that does not repeat anywhere in the string. Return -1 if every character repeats.

Implement
first_uniq_char(s: str) → int
Examples
in["notebook"]out0
What a strong answer looks like

State your approach and its time/space complexity out loud before you optimize. Handle the edge cases (empty input, duplicates, overflow), and say why you chose this over the brute force. Green tests are the floor, not the grade.

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InputExpectedGot
["notebook"]0not run yetsample