Relative Sorting Problem Statement

You are given two arrays, 'ARR' of size 'N' and 'BRR' of size 'M'. Your task is to sort the elements of 'ARR' such that their relative order matches that in 'BRR'. Any elements in 'ARR' not found in 'BRR' should be appended at the end in sorted order.

Example:

Input:
ARR = {9, 5, 8, 4, 6, 5}
BRR = {8, 4, 5}
Output:
{8, 4, 5, 5, 6, 9}

Constraints:

  • 1 <= T <= 5
  • 1 <= N <= 10^5
  • 1 <= M <= 10^5
  • -10^9 <= ARR[i], BRR[i] <= 10^9
  • Time limit: 1 sec
Note:
Elements of 'BRR' are non-repeating.
Additional Information:

This function only needs implementation; the output is automatically handled elsewhere.

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Sort elements of ARR to match relative order in BRR, append missing elements at the end in sorted order.

  • Create a hashmap to store the index of elements in BRR for quick lookup.

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