Maximum length substring having all same characters after k changes
We have a string of length n, which consist only UPPER and LOWER CASE characters and we have a number k (always less than n and greater than 0). We can make at most k changes in our string such that we can get a sub-string of maximum length which have all same characters.
Examples:
n = length of string k = changes you can make Input : n = 5 k = 2 str = ABABA Output : maximum length = 5 which will be (AAAAA) Input : n = 6 k = 4 str = HHHHHH Output : maximum length=6 which will be(HHHHHH)
We check for each character of English alphabet (both upper and lower cases one by one). We are basically looking for maximum length of sub-string that can be formed by each character and whichever character will form the sub-string of maximum length then that length will be our answer.
- We check for maximum length of sub-string that can be formed by every character in a set of 52 characters (From ‘A’ to ‘Z’ and from ‘a’ to ‘z’).
- For doing this we traverse whole string and whenever we find a different character, we increase the count.
- If count becomes greater than k (at right index), we again start from 0th index and if we found different character we will decrease the count.
- When count will be equal to k (at left index) then at that point the length will be rightIndex-leftIndex+1.
- We repeat this process until we reach at the end of string and at that point we will return the maximum length.
- We do this for all characters and finally return the maximum length.
C++
// C++ program to find maximum length equal // character string with k changes #include <iostream> using namespace std; // function to find the maximum length of // substring having character ch int findLen(string& A, int n, int k, char ch) { int maxlen = 1; int cnt = 0; int l = 0, r = 0; // traverse the whole string while (r < n) { /* if character is not same as ch increase count */ if (A[r] != ch) ++cnt; /* While count > k traverse the string again until count becomes less than k and decrease the count when characters are not same */ while (cnt > k) { if (A[l] != ch) --cnt; ++l; } /* length of substring will be rightIndex - leftIndex + 1. Compare this with the maximum length and return maximum length */ maxlen = max(maxlen, r - l + 1); ++r; } return maxlen; } // function which returns maximum length of substring int answer(string& A, int n, int k) { int maxlen = 1; for ( int i = 0; i < 26; ++i) { maxlen = max(maxlen, findLen(A, n, k, i+ 'A' )); maxlen = max(maxlen, findLen(A, n, k, i+ 'a' )); } return maxlen; } // Driver code int main() { int n = 5, k = 2; string A = "ABABA" ; cout << "Maximum length = " << answer(A, n, k) << endl; n = 6, k = 4; string B = "HHHHHH" ; cout << "Maximum length = " << answer(B, n, k) << endl; return 0; } |
Java
// Java program to find maximum length equal // character string with k changes public class GFG { // method to find the maximum length of // substring having character ch static int findLen(String A, int n, int k, char ch) { int maxlen = 1 ; int cnt = 0 ; int l = 0 , r = 0 ; // traverse the whole string while (r < n) { /* if character is not same as ch increase count */ if (A.charAt(r) != ch) ++cnt; /* While count > k traverse the string again until count becomes less than k and decrease the count when characters are not same */ while (cnt > k) { if (A.charAt(l) != ch) --cnt; ++l; } /* length of substring will be rightIndex - leftIndex + 1. Compare this with the maximum length and return maximum length */ maxlen = Math.max(maxlen, r - l + 1 ); ++r; } return maxlen; } // method which returns maximum length of substring static int answer(String A, int n, int k) { int maxlen = 1 ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < 26 ; ++i) { maxlen = Math.max(maxlen, findLen(A, n, k, ( char ) (i+ 'A' ))); maxlen = Math.max(maxlen, findLen(A, n, k, ( char ) (i+ 'a' ))); } return maxlen; } // Driver Method public static void main(String[] args) { int n = 5 , k = 2 ; String A = "ABABA" ; System.out.println( "Maximum length = " + answer(A, n, k)); n = 6 ; k = 4 ; String B = "HHHHHH" ; System.out.println( "Maximum length = " + answer(B, n, k)); } } |
Python3
# Python3 program to find maximum length # equal character string with k changes # function to find the maximum length of # substring having character ch def findLen(A, n, k, ch): maxlen = 1 cnt = 0 l = 0 r = 0 # traverse the whole string while r < n: # if character is not same as ch # increase count if A[r] ! = ch: cnt + = 1 # While count > k traverse the string # again until count becomes less than k # and decrease the count when characters # are not same while cnt > k: if A[l] ! = ch: cnt - = 1 l + = 1 # length of substring will be rightIndex - # leftIndex + 1. Compare this with the # maximum length and return maximum length maxlen = max (maxlen, r - l + 1 ) r + = 1 return maxlen # function which returns # maximum length of substring def answer(A, n, k): maxlen = 1 for i in range ( 26 ): maxlen = max (maxlen, findLen(A, n, k, chr (i + ord ( 'A' )))) maxlen = max (maxlen, findLen(A, n, k, chr (i + ord ( 'a' )))) return maxlen # Driver Code if __name__ = = "__main__" : n = 5 k = 2 A = "ABABA" print ( "Maximum length =" , answer(A, n, k)) n = 6 k = 4 B = "HHHHHH" print ( "Maximum length =" , answer(B, n, k)) # This code is contributed by # sanjeev2552 |
C#
// C# program to find maximum length equal // character string with k changes using System; class GFG { // method to find the maximum length of // substring having character ch public static int findLen( string A, int n, int k, char ch) { int maxlen = 1; int cnt = 0; int l = 0, r = 0; // traverse the whole string while (r < n) { // if character is // not same as ch // increase count if (A[r] != ch) { ++cnt; } // While count > k traverse // the string again until // count becomes less than // k and decrease the // count when characters // are not same while (cnt > k) { if (A[l] != ch) { --cnt; } ++l; } // length of substring // will be rightIndex - // leftIndex + 1. // Compare this with the maximum // length and return maximum length maxlen = Math.Max(maxlen, r - l + 1); ++r; } return maxlen; } // method which returns // maximum length of substring public static int answer( string A, int n, int k) { int maxlen = 1; for ( int i = 0; i < 26; ++i) { maxlen = Math.Max(maxlen, findLen(A, n, k, ( char )(i + 'A' ))); maxlen = Math.Max(maxlen, findLen(A, n, k, ( char )(i + 'a' ))); } return maxlen; } // Driver Method public static void Main( string [] args) { int n = 5, k = 2; string A = "ABABA" ; Console.WriteLine( "Maximum length = " + answer(A, n, k)); n = 6; k = 4; string B = "HHHHHH" ; Console.WriteLine( "Maximum length = " + answer(B, n, k)); } } // This code is contributed by Shrikant13 |
PHP
<?php // PHP program to find maximum length equal // character string with k changes // function to find the maximum length // of substring having character ch function findLen( $A , $n , $k , $ch ) { $maxlen = 1; $cnt = 0; $l = 0; $r = 0; // traverse the whole string while ( $r < $n ) { /* if character is not same as ch increase count */ if ( $A [ $r ] != $ch ) ++ $cnt ; /* While count > k traverse the string again until count becomes less than k and decrease the count when characters are not same */ while ( $cnt > $k ) { if ( $A [ $l ] != $ch ) -- $cnt ; ++ $l ; } /* length of substring will be rightIndex - leftIndex + 1. Compare this with the maximum length and return maximum length */ $maxlen = max( $maxlen , $r - $l + 1); ++ $r ; } return $maxlen ; } // function which returns maximum // length of substring function answer( $A , $n , $k ) { $maxlen = 1; for ( $i = 0; $i < 26; ++ $i ) { $maxlen = max( $maxlen , findLen( $A , $n , $k , $i + 'A' )); $maxlen = max( $maxlen , findLen( $A , $n , $k , $i + 'a' )); } return $maxlen ; } // Driver code $n = 5; $k = 2; $A = "ABABA" ; echo "Maximum length = " . answer( $A , $n , $k ) . "\n" ; $n = 6; $k = 4; $B = "HHHHHH" ; echo "Maximum length = " . answer( $B , $n , $k ) . "\n" ; // This code is contributed by ita_c ?> |
Javascript
<script> // Javascript program to find maximum length equal // character string with k changes // method to find the maximum length of // substring having character ch function findLen(A,n,k,ch) { let maxlen = 1; let cnt = 0; let l = 0, r = 0; // traverse the whole string while (r < n) { /* if character is not same as ch increase count */ if (A[r] != ch) ++cnt; /* While count > k traverse the string again until count becomes less than k and decrease the count when characters are not same */ while (cnt > k) { if (A[l] != ch) --cnt; ++l; } /* length of substring will be rightIndex - leftIndex + 1. Compare this with the maximum length and return maximum length */ maxlen = Math.max(maxlen, r - l + 1); ++r; } return maxlen; } // method which returns maximum length of substring function answer(A,n,k) { let maxlen = 1; for (let i = 0; i < 26; ++i) { maxlen = Math.max(maxlen, findLen(A, n, k, String.fromCharCode(i+ 'A' .charCodeAt(0)))); maxlen = Math.max(maxlen, findLen(A, n, k, String.fromCharCode (i+ 'a' .charCodeAt(0)))); } return maxlen; } // Driver Method let n = 5, k = 2; let A = "ABABA" ; document.write( "Maximum length = " + answer(A, n, k)+ "<br>" ); n = 6; k = 4; let B = "HHHHHH" ; document.write( "Maximum length = " + answer(B, n, k)); //This code is contributed by rag2127 </script> |
Output:
Maximum length = 5 Maximum length = 6
Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)
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