Compare Strings by Frequency of the Smallest Character
<p>Let the function <code>f(s)</code> be the <strong>frequency of the lexicographically smallest character</strong> in a non-empty string <code>s</code>. For example, if <code>s = &quot;dcce&quot;</code> then <code>f(s) = 2</code> because the lexicographically smallest character is <code>&#39;c&#39;</code>, which has a frequency of 2.</p>

<p>You are given an array of strings <code>words</code> and another array of query strings <code>queries</code>. For each query <code>queries[i]</code>, count the <strong>number of words</strong> in <code>words</code> such that <code>f(queries[i])</code> &lt; <code>f(W)</code> for each <code>W</code> in <code>words</code>.</p>

<p>Return <em>an integer array </em><code>answer</code><em>, where each </em><code>answer[i]</code><em> is the answer to the </em><code>i<sup>th</sup></code><em> query</em>.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> queries = [&quot;cbd&quot;], words = [&quot;zaaaz&quot;]
<strong>Output:</strong> [1]
<strong>Explanation:</strong> On the first query we have f(&quot;cbd&quot;) = 1, f(&quot;zaaaz&quot;) = 3 so f(&quot;cbd&quot;) &lt; f(&quot;zaaaz&quot;).
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> queries = [&quot;bbb&quot;,&quot;cc&quot;], words = [&quot;a&quot;,&quot;aa&quot;,&quot;aaa&quot;,&quot;aaaa&quot;]
<strong>Output:</strong> [1,2]
<strong>Explanation:</strong> On the first query only f(&quot;bbb&quot;) &lt; f(&quot;aaaa&quot;). On the second query both f(&quot;aaa&quot;) and f(&quot;aaaa&quot;) are both &gt; f(&quot;cc&quot;).
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= queries.length &lt;= 2000</code></li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= words.length &lt;= 2000</code></li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= queries[i].length, words[i].length &lt;= 10</code></li>
	<li><code>queries[i][j]</code>, <code>words[i][j]</code> consist of lowercase English letters.</li>
</ul>
Array; Hash Table; String; Binary Search; Sorting
class Solution {
    public int[] numSmallerByFrequency(String[] queries, String[] words) {
        int n = words.length;
        int[] nums = new int[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            nums[i] = f(words[i]);
        }
        Arrays.sort(nums);
        int m = queries.length;
        int[] ans = new int[m];
        for (int i = 0; i < m; ++i) {
            int x = f(queries[i]);
            int l = 0, r = n;
            while (l < r) {
                int mid = (l + r) >> 1;
                if (nums[mid] > x) {
                    r = mid;
                } else {
                    l = mid + 1;
                }
            }
            ans[i] = n - l;
        }
        return ans;
    }

    private int f(String s) {
        int[] cnt = new int[26];
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) {
            ++cnt[s.charAt(i) - 'a'];
        }
        for (int x : cnt) {
            if (x > 0) {
                return x;
            }
        }
        return 0;
    }
}