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花花酱 LeetCode 2315. Count Asterisks

By zxi on June 25, 2022

You are given a string s, where every two consecutive vertical bars '|' are grouped into a pair. In other words, the 1^st and 2^nd '|' make a pair, the 3^rd and 4^th '|' make a pair, and so forth.

Return the number of '*' in s, excluding the '*' between each pair of '|'.

Note that each '|' will belong to exactly one pair.

Example 1:

Input: s = "l|*e*et|c**o|*de|"
Output: 2
Explanation: The considered characters are underlined: "l|*e*et|c**o|*de|".
The characters between the first and second '|' are excluded from the answer.
Also, the characters between the third and fourth '|' are excluded from the answer.
There are 2 asterisks considered. Therefore, we return 2.

Example 2:

Input: s = "iamprogrammer"
Output: 0
Explanation: In this example, there are no asterisks in s. Therefore, we return 0.

Example 3:

Input: s = "yo|uar|e**|b|e***au|tifu|l"
Output: 5
Explanation: The considered characters are underlined: "yo|uar|e**|b|e***au|tifu|l". There are 5 asterisks considered. Therefore, we return 5.

Constraints:

1 <= s.length <= 1000
s consists of lowercase English letters, vertical bars '|', and asterisks '*'.
s contains an even number of vertical bars '|'.

Solution: Counting

Count the number of bars so far, and only count ‘*’ when there are even number of bars on the left.

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(1)

C++

// Author: Huahua

class Solution {

public:

int countAsterisks(string s) {

int bars = 0;

int ans = 0;

for (char c : s) {

if (c == '*' && bars % 2 == 0)

++ans;

if (c == '|') ++bars;

}

return ans;

}

};

花花酱 LeetCode 2269. Find the K-Beauty of a Number

By zxi on May 15, 2022

The k-beauty of an integer num is defined as the number of substrings of num when it is read as a string that meet the following conditions:

It has a length of k.
It is a divisor of num.

Given integers num and k, return the k-beauty of num.

Note:

Leading zeros are allowed.
0 is not a divisor of any value.

A substring is a contiguous sequence of characters in a string.

Example 1:

Input: num = 240, k = 2
Output: 2
Explanation: The following are the substrings of num of length k:
- "24" from "240": 24 is a divisor of 240.
- "40" from "240": 40 is a divisor of 240.
Therefore, the k-beauty is 2.

Example 2:

Input: num = 430043, k = 2
Output: 2
Explanation: The following are the substrings of num of length k:
- "43" from "430043": 43 is a divisor of 430043.
- "30" from "430043": 30 is not a divisor of 430043.
- "00" from "430043": 0 is not a divisor of 430043.
- "04" from "430043": 4 is not a divisor of 430043.
- "43" from "430043": 43 is a divisor of 430043.
Therefore, the k-beauty is 2.

Constraints:

1 <= num <= 10⁹
1 <= k <= num.length (taking num as a string)

Solution: Substring

Note: the substring can be 0, e.g. “00”

Time complexity: O((l-k)*k)
Space complexity: O(l + k) -> O(1)

C++

// Author: Huahua

class Solution {

public:

int divisorSubstrings(int num, int k) {

string s = to_string(num);

int ans = 0;

for (int i = 0; i <= s.length() - k; ++i) {

const int t = stoi(s.substr(i, k));

ans += t && (num % t == 0);

}

return ans;

}

};

花花酱 LeetCode 2264. Largest 3-Same-Digit Number in String

By zxi on May 9, 2022

You are given a string num representing a large integer. An integer is good if it meets the following conditions:

It is a substring of num with length 3.
It consists of only one unique digit.

Return the maximum good integer as a string or an empty string "" if no such integer exists.

Note:

A substring is a contiguous sequence of characters within a string.
There may be leading zeroes in num or a good integer.

Example 1:

Input: num = "6777133339"
Output: "777"
Explanation: There are two distinct good integers: "777" and "333".
"777" is the largest, so we return "777".

Example 2:

Input: num = "2300019"
Output: "000"
Explanation: "000" is the only good integer.

Example 3:

Input: num = "42352338"
Output: ""
Explanation: No substring of length 3 consists of only one unique digit. Therefore, there are no good integers.

Constraints:

3 <= num.length <= 1000
num only consists of digits.

Solution:

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(1)

C++

// Author: Huahua

class Solution {

public:

string largestGoodInteger(string num) {

string ans;

for (int i = 0; i < num.size() - 2; ++i) {

if (num[i] == num[i + 1] && num[i] == num[i + 2] &&

(ans.empty() || num[i] > ans[0]))

ans = num.substr(i, 3);

}

return ans;

}

};

花花酱 LeetCode 2255. Count Prefixes of a Given String

By zxi on April 30, 2022

You are given a string array words and a string s, where words[i] and s comprise only of lowercase English letters.

Return the number of strings in words that are a prefix of s.

A prefix of a string is a substring that occurs at the beginning of the string. A substring is a contiguous sequence of characters within a string.

Example 1:

Input: words = ["a","b","c","ab","bc","abc"], s = "abc"
Output: 3
Explanation:
The strings in words which are a prefix of s = "abc" are:
"a", "ab", and "abc".
Thus the number of strings in words which are a prefix of s is 3.

Example 2:

Input: words = ["a","a"], s = "aa"
Output: 2
Explanation:
Both of the strings are a prefix of s. 
Note that the same string can occur multiple times in words, and it should be counted each time.

Constraints:

1 <= words.length <= 1000
1 <= words[i].length, s.length <= 10
words[i] and s consist of lowercase English letters only.

Solution: Brute Force

Time complexity: O(n*m)
Space complexity: O(1)

C++

// Author: Huahua

class Solution {

public:

int countPrefixes(vector<string>& words, string s) {

return count_if(begin(words), end(words), [&s](const string& word) {

return s.find(word) == 0;

});

}

};

花花酱 LeetCode 2243. Calculate Digit Sum of a String

By zxi on April 17, 2022

You are given a string s consisting of digits and an integer k.

A round can be completed if the length of s is greater than k. In one round, do the following:

Divide s into consecutive groups of size k such that the first k characters are in the first group, the next k characters are in the second group, and so on. Note that the size of the last group can be smaller than k.
Replace each group of s with a string representing the sum of all its digits. For example, "346" is replaced with "13" because 3 + 4 + 6 = 13.
Merge consecutive groups together to form a new string. If the length of the string is greater than k, repeat from step 1.

Return s after all rounds have been completed.

Example 1:

Input: s = "11111222223", k = 3
Output: "135"
Explanation: 
- For the first round, we divide s into groups of size 3: "111", "112", "222", and "23".
  Then we calculate the digit sum of each group: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3, 1 + 1 + 2 = 4, 2 + 2 + 2 = 6, and 2 + 3 = 5. 
  So, s becomes "3" + "4" + "6" + "5" = "3465" after the first round.
- For the second round, we divide s into "346" and "5".
  Then we calculate the digit sum of each group: 3 + 4 + 6 = 13, 5 = 5. 
  So, s becomes "13" + "5" = "135" after second round. 
Now, s.length <= k, so we return "135" as the answer.

Example 2:

Input: s = "00000000", k = 3
Output: "000"
Explanation: 
We divide s into "000", "000", and "00".
Then we calculate the digit sum of each group: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0, 0 + 0 + 0 = 0, and 0 + 0 = 0. 
s becomes "0" + "0" + "0" = "000", whose length is equal to k, so we return "000".

Constraints:

1 <= s.length <= 100
2 <= k <= 100
s consists of digits only.

Solution:

Time complexity: O(n*n/k?)
Space complexity: O(n)

C++

// Author: Huahua

class Solution {

public:

string digitSum(string s, int k) {

while (s.length() > k) {

string ss;

for (int j = 0; j < s.length(); j += k) {

int sum = 0;

for (int i = 0; i < k && i + j < s.length(); ++i)

sum += (s[j + i] - '0');

ss += to_string(sum);

}

ss.swap(s);

}

return s;

}

};