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Given two numbers N and M which denotes the count of ones and zeros respectively, the task is to maximize the count of binary strings of length 3, consisting of both 0 and 1 in them, that can be formed from the given N 1s and M 0s.
Examples:

Input: N = 4, M = 5 
Output:
Explanation: 
Possible strings = { “001”, “011”, “001” }
Input: N = 818, M = 234 
Output: 234

Naive Approach: Binary strings of three lengths can be formed as per the below conditions:

  1. If N > M: If N > 2, then reduce N by 2, M by 1, and since a string of type 110 is generated, thus increase the count by 1.
  2. If N ? M: If M > 2, then reduce M by 2, N by 1, and since a string of type 001 is generated, thus increase the count by 1.

Therefore, the idea is to iterate a loop until N or M becomes zero and keep updating the count of the string according to the above conditions.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++




// C++ program for the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function that counts the number of
// strings of length three that can be
// made with given m 0s and n 1s
void number_of_strings(int N, int M)
{
    int ans = 0;
 
    // Iterate until N & M are positive
    while (N > 0 && M > 0) {
 
        // Case 1:
        if (N > M) {
            if (N >= 2) {
                N -= 2;
                --M;
                ++ans;
            }
            else {
                break;
            }
        }
 
        // Case 2:
        else {
            if (M >= 2) {
                M -= 2;
                --N;
                ++ans;
            }
            else {
                break;
            }
        }
    }
 
    // Print the count of strings
    cout << ans;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    // Given count of 1s and 0s
    int N = 4, M = 19;
 
    // Function Call
    number_of_strings(N, M);
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program for the above approach
import java.util.*;
import java.lang.*;
 
class GFG{
     
// Function that counts the number of
// strings of length three that can be
// made with given m 0s and n 1s
static void number_of_strings(int N, int M)
{
    int ans = 0;
 
    // Iterate until N & M are positive
    while (N > 0 && M > 0)
    {
         
        // Case 1:
        if (N > M)
        {
            if (N >= 2)
            {
                N -= 2;
                --M;
                ++ans;
            }
            else
            {
                break;
            }
        }
         
        // Case 2:
        else
        {
            if (M >= 2)
            {
                M -= 2;
                --N;
                ++ans;
            }
            else
            {
                break;
            }
        }
    }
     
    // Print the count of strings
    System.out.println(ans);
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void main (String[] args)
{
     
    // Given count of 1s and 0s
    int N = 4, M = 19;
 
    // Function call
    number_of_strings(N, M);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by jana_sayantan


Python3




# Python3 program for the above approach
 
# Function that counts the number of
# strings of length three that can be
# made with given m 0s and n 1s
def number_of_strings(N, M):
 
    ans = 0
 
    # Iterate until N & M are positive
    while (N > 0 and M > 0):
 
        # Case 1:
        if (N > M):
            if (N >= 2):
                N -= 2
                M -= 1
                ans += 1
             
            else:
                break
             
        # Case 2:
        else:
            if M >= 2:
                M -= 2
                N -= 1
                ans += 1
             
            else:
                break
         
    # Print the count of strings
    print(ans)
 
# Driver code
if __name__ == '__main__':
 
    # Given count of 1s and 0s
    N = 4
    M = 19
 
    # Function call
    number_of_strings(N, M)
 
# This code is contributed by jana_sayantan


C#




// C# program for the above approach
using System;
 
class GFG{
     
// Function that counts the number of
// strings of length three that can be
// made with given m 0s and n 1s
static void number_of_strings(int N, int M)
{
    int ans = 0;
 
    // Iterate until N & M are positive
    while (N > 0 && M > 0)
    {
         
        // Case 1:
        if (N > M)
        {
            if (N >= 2)
            {
                N -= 2;
                --M;
                ++ans;
            }
            else
            {
                break;
            }
        }
 
        // Case 2:
        else
        {
            if (M >= 2)
            {
                M -= 2;
                --N;
                ++ans;
            }
            else
            {
                break;
            }
        }
    }
     
    // Print the count of strings
    Console.WriteLine(ans);
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main (String[] args)
{
     
    // Given count of 1s and 0s
    int N = 4, M = 19;
 
    // Function call
    number_of_strings(N, M);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by jana_sayantan


Javascript




<script>
// javascript program for the above approach
 
// Function that counts the number of
// strings of length three that can be
// made with given m 0s and n 1s
function number_of_strings(N , M)
{
    var ans = 0;
 
    // Iterate until N & M are positive
    while (N > 0 && M > 0)
    {
         
        // Case 1:
        if (N > M)
        {
            if (N >= 2)
            {
                N -= 2;
                --M;
                ++ans;
            }
            else
            {
                break;
            }
        }
         
        // Case 2:
        else
        {
            if (M >= 2)
            {
                M -= 2;
                --N;
                ++ans;
            }
            else
            {
                break;
            }
        }
    }
     
    // Print the count of strings
    document.write(ans);
}
 
// Driver Code
  
// Given count of 1s and 0s
var N = 4, M = 19;
 
// Function call
number_of_strings(N, M);
 
// This code is contributed by Amit Katiyar
</script>


Output: 

4

Time Complexity: O(max(A, B)) 
Auxiliary Space: O(1)
Efficient Approach: To optimize the above approach, observe that the total number of binary strings that can be formed will be a minimum of N, M, and (N + M)/3 as:

  • If N is minimum, and we have M ? 2*N then all the string of type 110 can be made.
  • If M is minimum, and we have N ? 2*M then all the string of type 001 can be made.
  • Else the total count will be (N + M)/3 and strings of both types 110 and 001 can be made.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++




// C++ program for the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function that counts the number of
// strings of length 3 that can be
// made with given m 0s and n 1s
void number_of_strings(int N, int M)
{
 
    // Print the count of strings
    cout << min(N, min(M, (N + M) / 3));
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    // Given count of 1s and 0s
    int N = 4, M = 19;
 
    // Function Call
    number_of_strings(N, M);
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program for
// the above approach
class GFG{
 
// Function that counts the number of
// Strings of length 3 that can be
// made with given m 0s and n 1s
static void number_of_Strings(int N, int M)
{
  // Print the count of Strings
  System.out.print(Math.min(N,
                            Math.min(M,
                                    (N + M) /
                                     3)));
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
  // Given count of 1s and 0s
  int N = 4, M = 19;
 
  // Function Call
  number_of_Strings(N, M);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by shikhasingrajput


Python3




# Python3 program for the above approach
 
# Function that counts the number of
# strings of length 3 that can be
# made with given m 0s and n 1s
def number_of_strings(N, M):
 
    # Print the count of strings
    print(min(N, min(M, (N + M) // 3)))
 
# Driver Code
if __name__ == '__main__':
 
    # Given count of 1s and 0s
    N = 4
    M = 19
 
    # Function call
    number_of_strings(N, M)
 
# This code is contributed by mohit kumar 29


C#




// C# program for
// the above approach
using System;
class GFG{
 
// Function that counts the number of
// Strings of length 3 that can be
// made with given m 0s and n 1s
static void number_of_Strings(int N,
                              int M)
{
  // Print the count of Strings
  Console.Write(Math.Min(N,
                Math.Min(M, (N + M) / 3)));
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
  // Given count of 1s and 0s
  int N = 4, M = 19;
 
  // Function Call
  number_of_Strings(N, M);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by shikhasingrajput


Javascript




<script>
// javascript program for
// the above approach// Function that counts the number of
// Strings of length 3 that can be
// made with given m 0s and n 1s
function number_of_Strings(N , M)
{
 
  // print the count of Strings
  document.write(Math.min(N,
                            Math.min(M,
                                    (N + M) /
                                     3)));
}
 
// Driver Code
// Given count of 1s and 0s
var N = 4, M = 19;
 
// Function Call
number_of_Strings(N, M);
 
// This code is contributed by Amit Katiyar
</script>


Output: 

4

Time Complexity: O(1) 
Auxiliary Space: O(1)
 



Last Updated : 29 Oct, 2021
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