Ransom Note

Try to solve the Ransom Note problem.

Statement

Given two strings, ransomNote and magazine, check if ransomNote can be constructed using the letters from magazine. Return TRUE if it can be constructed, FALSE otherwise.

Note: A ransom note is a written message that can be constructed by using the letters available in the given magazine. The magazine can have multiple instances of the same letter. Each instance of the letter in the magazine can only be used once to construct the ransom note.

Constraints:

  • 1≤1 \leq ransomNote.length , magazine.length ≤103\leq 10^3

  • The ransomNote and magazine consist of lowercase English letters.

Examples

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