Wildcard Matching

Given an input string (s) and a pattern (p), implement wildcard pattern matching with support for '?' and '*'.

'?' Matches any single character.
'*' Matches any sequence of characters (including the empty sequence).

The matching should cover the entire input string (not partial).

Note:

• s could be empty and contains only lowercase letters a-z.
• p could be empty and contains only lowercase letters a-z, and characters like ? or *.

Example 1:

Input:
s = "aa"
p = "a"
Output: false
Explanation: "a" does not match the entire string "aa".

Example 2:

Input:
s = "aa"
p = "*"
Output: true
Explanation: '*' matches any sequence.

Example 3:

Input:
s = "cb"
p = "?a"
Output: false
Explanation: '?' matches 'c', but the second letter is 'a', which does not match 'b'.

Example 4:

Input:
s = "adceb"
p = "*a*b"
Output: true
Explanation: The first '*' matches the empty sequence, while the second '*' matches the substring "dce".

Example 5:

Input:
s = "acdcb"
p = "a*c?b"
Output: false

Sol:

public boolean isMatch(String str, String pattern) {
        int s = 0, p = 0, match = 0, starIdx = -1;           
        while (s < str.length()){
            // advancing both pointers
            if (p < pattern.length()  && (pattern.charAt(p) == '?' || str.charAt(s) == pattern.charAt(p))){
                s++;
                p++;
            }
            // * found, only advancing pattern pointer
            else if (p < pattern.length() && pattern.charAt(p) == '*'){
                starIdx = p;
                match = s;
                p++;
            }
           // last pattern pointer was *, advancing string pointer
            else if (starIdx != -1){
                p = starIdx + 1;
                match++;
                s = match;
            }
           //current pattern pointer is not star, last patter pointer was not *
          //characters do not match
            else return false;
        }
       
        //check for remaining characters in pattern
        while (p < pattern.length() && pattern.charAt(p) == '*')
            p++;
       
        return p == pattern.length();
    }