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Generate a string with maximum possible alphabets with odd frequencies

Given an integer N, the task is to generate a string str which contains maximum possible lowercase alphabets with each of them appearing an odd number of times.
Examples: 
 

Input: N = 17 
Output: bcdefghijklmnopqr 
Explanation: In order to maximize the number of characters, any 17 characters can be selected and made to appear once. Thus, abcdefghijklmnopq, bcdefghijklmnopqx, etc can be also be valid outputs.
Input: N = 35 
Output: bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyaaaaaaaaaaa 
Explanation: In order to maximize the number of characters, add any 24 different characters once, and fill the remaining length by any other character. 

Approach: 
 

Below is the implementation of the above approach:
 




// C++ program to generate a string
// of length n with maximum possible
// alphabets with each of them
// occurring odd number of times.
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to generate a string
// of length n with maximum possible
// alphabets each occurring odd
// number of times.
string generateTheString(int n)
{
    string ans="";
    // If n is odd
    if(n%2)
    {
        // Add all characters from
        // b-y
        for(int i=0;i<min(n,24);i++)
        {
            ans+=(char)('b' + i);
        }
        // Append a to fill the
        // remaining length
        if(n>24)
        {
            for(int i=0;i<(n-24);i++)
                ans+='a';
        }
    }
    // If n is even
    else
    {
        // Add all characters from
        // b-z
        for(int i=0;i<min(n,25);i++)
        {
            ans+=(char)('b' + i);
        }
        // Append a to fill the
        // remaining length
        if(n>25)
        {
            for(int i=0;i<(n-25);i++)
                ans+='a';
        }
    }
     
    return ans;
}
 
// Driven code
int main()
{
    int n = 34;
    cout << generateTheString(n);
    return 0;
}




// Java program to generate a string
// of length n with maximum possible
// alphabets with each of them
// occurring odd number of times.
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG{
     
// Function to generate a string
// of length n with maximum possible
// alphabets each occurring odd
// number of times.
static String generateTheString(int n)
{
    String ans = "";
     
    // If n is odd
    if (n % 2 != 0)
    {
 
        // Add all characters from
        // b-y
        for(int i = 0;
                i < Math.min(n, 24); i++)
        {
            ans += (char)('b' + i);
        }
         
        // Append a to fill the
        // remaining length
        if (n > 24)
        {
            for(int i = 0;
                    i < (n - 24); i++)
                ans += 'a';
        }
    }
     
    // If n is even
    else
    {
         
        // Add all characters from
        // b-z
        for(int i = 0;
                i < Math.min(n, 25); i++)
        {
            ans += (char)('b' + i);
        }
 
        // Append a to fill the
        // remaining length
        if (n > 25)
        {
            for(int i = 0;
                    i < (n - 25); i++)
                ans += 'a';
        }
    }
    return ans;
}
 
// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    int n = 34;
     
    System.out.println(generateTheString(n));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by offbeat




# Python3 program to generate a string
# of length n with maximum possible
# alphabets with each of them
# occurring odd number of times.
 
# Function to generate a string
# of length n with maximum possible
# alphabets each occurring odd
# number of times.
def generateTheString( n):
 
    ans = ""
     
    # If n is odd
    if(n % 2):
         
        # Add all characters from
        # b-y
        for i in range(min(n, 24)):
            ans += chr(ord('b') + i)
         
        # Append a to fill the
        # remaining length
        if(n > 24):
            for i in range((n - 24)):
                ans += 'a'
         
    # If n is even
    else:
         
        # Add all characters from
        # b-z
        for i in range(min(n, 25)):
            ans += chr(ord('b') + i)
         
        # Append a to fill the
        # remaining length
        if(n > 25):
            for i in range((n - 25)):
                ans += 'a'
    return ans
 
# Driver code
if __name__ == "__main__":
     
    n = 34
    print(generateTheString(n))
 
# This code is contributed by chitranayal




// C# program to generate a string
// of length n with maximum possible
// alphabets with each of them
// occurring odd number of times.
using System;
class GFG{
 
// Function to generate a string
// of length n with maximum possible
// alphabets each occurring odd
// number of times.
static string generateTheString(int n)
{
    string ans = "";
     
    // If n is odd
    if(n % 2 == 0)
    {
        // Add all characters from
        // b-y
        for(int i = 0; i < Math.Min(n, 24); i++)
        {
            ans += (char)('b' + i);
        }
         
        // Append a to fill the
        // remaining length
        if(n > 24)
        {
            for(int i = 0; i < (n - 24); i++)
                ans += 'a';
        }
    }
     
    // If n is even
    else
    {
        // Add all characters from
        // b-z
        for(int i = 0; i < Math.Min(n, 25); i++)
        {
            ans += (char)('b' + i);
        }
         
        // Append a to fill the
        // remaining length
        if(n > 25)
        {
            for(int i = 0; i < (n - 25); i++)
                ans += 'a';
        }
    }
    return ans;
}
 
// Driven code
public static void Main()
{
    int n = 34;
    Console.Write(generateTheString(n));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Nidhi_Biet




<script>
 
// Javascript program to generate a string
// of length n with maximum possible
// alphabets with each of them
// occurring odd number of times.
 
// Function to generate a string
// of length n with maximum possible
// alphabets each occurring odd
// number of times.
function generateTheString(n)
{
    var ans="";
    // If n is odd
    if(n%2)
    {
        // Add all characters from
        // b-y
        for(var i=0;i<min(n,24);i++)
        {
            ans+=(char)('b' + i);
        }
        // Append a to fill the
        // remaining length
        if(n>24)
        {
            for(var i=0;i<(n-24);i++)
                ans+='a';
        }
    }
    // If n is even
    else
    {
        // Add all characters from
        // b-z
        for(var i=0;i<Math.min(n,25);i++)
        {
            ans+= String.fromCharCode('b'.charCodeAt(0) + i);
        }
        // Append a to fill the
        // remaining length
        if(n>25)
        {
            for(var i=0;i<(n-25);i++)
                ans+='a';
        }
    }
     
    return ans;
}
 
// Driven code
var n = 34;
document.write( generateTheString(n));
 
</script>

Output: 
bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaaaaaaaa

 

Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(n), where n is a given integer.


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