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By osource, history, 3 years ago, In English

You have 2 arrays A and B each of size n, that contains integers from 1 to n inclusive. In one move, you can swap corresponding elements of two arrays. Determine if it is possible to have such series of operations (possibly zero) that both arrays contain integers from 1 to n exactly once, if possible print the series of operations (ie indices on which you apply the operations) and -1 if not possible.

eg

A = 3 1 2 1 2

B = 5 4 4 5 3

ans = 3 4

explanation :

after operations

A = 3 1 4 5 2

B = 5 4 2 1 3

Can someone tell me the approach/pseudocode for this?

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