Maximum count of sub-strings of length K consisting of same characters
Given a string str and an integer k. The task is to count the occurrences of sub-strings of length k that consist of the same characters. There can be multiple such sub-strings possible of length k, choose the count of the one which appears the maximum number of times as the sub-string (non-overlapping) of str.
Examples:
Input: str = “aaacaabbaa”, k = 2
Output: 3
“aa” and “bb” are the only sub-strings of length 2 that consist of the same characters.
“bb” appears only once as a sub-string of str whereas “aa” appears thrice (which is the answer)Input: str = “abab”, k = 2
Output: 0
Approach: Iterate over all the characters from ‘a’ to ‘z’ and count the number of times a string of length k consisting only of the current character appears as a sub-string of str. Print the maximum of these counts in the end.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C++
// C++ implementation of the approach #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; // Function to return the count // of the required sub-strings int maxSubStrings(string s, int k) { int maxSubStr = 0, n = s.size(); // Iterate over all characters for (int c = 0; c < 26; c++) { char ch = 'a' + c; // Count with current character int curr = 0; for (int i = 0; i <= n - k; i++) { if (s[i] != ch) continue; int cnt = 0; while (i < n && s[i] == ch && cnt != k) { i++; cnt++; } i--; // If the substring has a length k // then increment count with current character if (cnt == k) curr++; } // Update max count maxSubStr = max(maxSubStr, curr); } return maxSubStr; } // Driver Code int main() { string s = "aaacaabbaa"; int k = 2; cout << maxSubStrings(s, k); return 0; } |
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Java
// Java implementation of the approach import java.util.*; import java.lang.*; import java.io.*; class GFG { // Function to return the count // of the required sub-strings static int maxSubStrings(String s, int k) { int maxSubStr = 0, n = s.length(); // Iterate over all characters for (int c = 0; c < 26; c++) { char ch = (char)((int)'a' + c); // Count with current character int curr = 0; for (int i = 0; i <= n - k; i++) { if (s.charAt(i) != ch) continue; int cnt = 0; while (i < n && s.charAt(i) == ch && cnt != k) { i++; cnt++; } i--; // If the substring has a length // k then increment count with // current character if (cnt == k) curr++; } // Update max count maxSubStr = Math.max(maxSubStr, curr); } return maxSubStr; } // Driver Code public static void main(String []args) { String s = "aaacaabbaa"; int k = 2; System.out.println(maxSubStrings(s, k)); } } // This code is contributed by // tufan_gupta2000 |
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Python3
# Python 3 implementation of the approach
# Function to return the count
# of the required sub-strings
def maxSubStrings(s, k):
maxSubStr = 0
n = len(s)
# Iterate over all characters
for c in range(27):
ch = chr(ord(‘a’) + c)
# Count with current character
curr = 0
for i in range(n – k):
if (s[i] != ch):
continue
cnt = 0
while (i < n and s[i] == ch and
cnt != k):
i += 1
cnt += 1
i -= 1
# If the substring has a length k then
# increment count with current character
if (cnt == k):
curr += 1
# Update max count
maxSubStr = max(maxSubStr, curr)
return maxSubStr
# Driver Code
if __name__ == '__main__':
s = "aaacaabbaa"
k = 2
print(maxSubStrings(s, k))
# This code is contributed by
# Surendra_Gangwar
[tabby title = "C#"]
// C# implementation of the approach using System; class GFG { // Function to return the count // of the required sub-strings static int maxSubStrings(String s, int k) { int maxSubStr = 0, n = s.Length; // Iterate over all characters for (int c = 0; c < 26; c++) { char ch = (char)((int)'a' + c); // Count with current character int curr = 0; for (int i = 0; i <= n - k; i++) { if (s[i] != ch) continue; int cnt = 0; while (i < n && s[i] == ch && cnt != k) { i++; cnt++; } i--; // If the substring has a length // k then increment count with // current character if (cnt == k) curr++; } // Update max count maxSubStr = Math.Max(maxSubStr, curr); } return maxSubStr; } // Driver Code public static void Main() { string s = "aaacaabbaa"; int k = 2; Console.WriteLine(maxSubStrings(s, k)); } } // This code is contributed by Ryuga |
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Output:
3
Time Complexity: O(n), where n is the length of the string.
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