First Unique Character in a String

Given a string s, find the first non-repeating character in it and return its index. If it does not exist, return -1.

Example 1
Inputs = "leetcode"
Output0
The character 'l' at index 0 is the first character that does not occur at any other index.
Example 2
Inputs = "loveleetcode"
Output2
The character 'v' at index 2 is the first character that does not occur at any other index.

Constraints

  • 1 <= s.length <= 10^5
  • s consists of only lowercase English letters.

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