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Minimum number of substrings the given string can be splitted into that satisfy the given conditions

  • Difficulty Level : Medium
  • Last Updated : 27 May, 2021

Given a string str and a string array arr[], the task is to find the minimum count of substrings this can be split into such that every substring is present in the given string array arr[].

Examples: 

Input: str = “111112”, arr[] = {“11”, “111”, “11111”, “2”}
Output: 2 
“11111” and “2” are the required substrings. 
“11”, “111” and “2” can also be a valid answer 
but it is not the minimum.

Input: str = “123456”, arr[] = {“1”, “12345”, “2345”, “56”, “23”, “456”} 
Output: 3 
 

 

Approach: Iterate the string from index 0 and build the prefix string, if the prefix string exists in the given array (a set can be used to check this) then call the function again from the next position in the string and keep track of the overall minimum count of substrings.
 

Below is the implementation of the above approach: 

C++




// C++ implementation of the approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Set to store all the strings
// from the given array
unordered_set<string> uSet;
 
// To store the required count
int minCnt = INT_MAX;
 
// Recursive function to find the count of
// substrings that can be splitted starting
// from the index start such that all
// the substrings are present in the map
void findSubStr(string str, int cnt, int start)
{
 
    // All the chosen substrings
    // are present in the map
    if (start == str.length()) {
 
        // Update the minimum count
        // of substrings
        minCnt = min(cnt, minCnt);
    }
 
    // Starting from the substrings of length 1
    // that start with the given index
    for (int len = 1; len <= (str.length() - start); len++) {
 
        // Get the substring
        string subStr = str.substr(start, len);
 
        // If the substring is present in the set
        if (uSet.find(subStr) != uSet.end()) {
 
            // Recursive call for the
            // rest of the string
            findSubStr(str, cnt + 1, start + len);
        }
    }
}
 
// Function that inserts all the strings
// from the given array in a set and calls
// the recursive function to find the
// minimum count of substrings str can be
// splitted into that satisfy the given condition
void findMinSubStr(string arr[], int n, string str)
{
 
    // Insert all the strings from
    // the given array in a set
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        uSet.insert(arr[i]);
 
    // Find the required count
    findSubStr(str, 0, 0);
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    string str = "123456";
    string arr[] = { "1", "12345", "2345",
                     "56", "23", "456" };
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(string);
 
    findMinSubStr(arr, n, str);
 
    cout << minCnt;
 
    return 0;
}
Java



//Java implementation of above approach
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG
{
 
// Set to store all the Strings
// from the given array
static Set<String> uSet = new HashSet<String>();
 
// To store the required count
static int minCnt = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
 
// Recursive function to find the count of
// subStrings that can be splitted starting
// from the index start such that all
// the subStrings are present in the map
static void findSubStr(String str, int cnt, int start)
{
 
    // All the chosen subStrings
    // are present in the map
    if (start == str.length())
    {
 
        // Update the minimum count
        // of subStrings
        minCnt = Math.min(cnt, minCnt);
    }
 
    // Starting from the subStrings of length 1
    // that start with the given index
    for (int len = 1;
             len <= (str.length() - start); len++)
    {
 
        // Get the subString
        String subStr = str.substring(start, start + len);
 
        // If the subString is present in the set
        if (uSet.contains(subStr))
        {
 
            // Recursive call for the
            // rest of the String
            findSubStr(str, cnt + 1, start + len);
        }
    }
}
 
// Function that inserts all the Strings
// from the given array in a set and calls
// the recursive function to find the
// minimum count of subStrings str can be
// splitted into that satisfy the given condition
static void findMinSubStr(String arr[],
                   int n, String str)
{
 
    // Insert all the Strings from
    // the given array in a set
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        uSet.add(arr[i]);
 
    // Find the required count
    findSubStr(str, 0, 0);
}
 
// Driver code
public static void main(String args[])
{
    String str = "123456";
    String arr[] = {"1", "12345", "2345",
                    "56", "23", "456" };
    int n = arr.length;
 
    findMinSubStr(arr, n, str);
 
    System.out.print(minCnt);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Arnab Kundu
Python3



# Python3 implementation of the approach
import sys
 
# Set to store all the strings
# from the given array
uSet = set();
 
# To store the required count
minCnt = sys.maxsize;
 
# Recursive function to find the count of
# substrings that can be splitted starting
# from the index start such that all
# the substrings are present in the map
def findSubStr(string, cnt, start) :
 
    global minCnt;
     
    # All the chosen substrings
    # are present in the map
    if (start == len(string)) :
         
        # Update the minimum count
        # of substrings
        minCnt = min(cnt, minCnt);
         
    # Starting from the substrings of length 1
    # that start with the given index
    for length in range(1, len(string) - start + 1) :
         
        # Get the substring
        subStr = string[start : start + length];
         
        # If the substring is present in the set
        if subStr in uSet :
             
            # Recursive call for the
            # rest of the string
            findSubStr(string, cnt + 1, start + length);
     
# Function that inserts all the strings
# from the given array in a set and calls
# the recursive function to find the
# minimum count of substrings str can be
# splitted into that satisfy the given condition
def findMinSubStr(arr, n, string) :
 
    # Insert all the strings from
    # the given array in a set
    for i in range(n) :
        uSet.add(arr[i]);
 
    # Find the required count
    findSubStr(string, 0, 0);
 
# Driver code
if __name__ == "__main__" :
 
    string = "123456";
    arr = ["1", "12345", "2345",
           "56", "23", "456" ];
                     
    n = len(arr);
 
    findMinSubStr(arr, n, string);
 
    print(minCnt);
 
# This code is contributed by AnkitRai01
C#



// C# implementation of above approach
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
 
class GFG
{
 
// Set to store all the Strings
// from the given array
static HashSet<String> uSet = new HashSet<String>();
 
// To store the required count
static int minCnt = int.MaxValue;
 
// Recursive function to find the count of
// subStrings that can be splitted starting
// from the index start such that all
// the subStrings are present in the map
static void findSubStr(String str, int cnt, int start)
{
 
    // All the chosen subStrings
    // are present in the map
    if (start == str.Length)
    {
 
        // Update the minimum count
        // of subStrings
        minCnt = Math.Min(cnt, minCnt);
    }
 
    // Starting from the subStrings of length 1
    // that start with the given index
    for (int len = 1;
            len <= (str.Length - start); len++)
    {
 
        // Get the subString
        String subStr = str.Substring(start, len);
 
        // If the subString is present in the set
        if (uSet.Contains(subStr))
        {
 
            // Recursive call for the
            // rest of the String
            findSubStr(str, cnt + 1, start + len);
        }
    }
}
 
// Function that inserts all the Strings
// from the given array in a set and calls
// the recursive function to find the
// minimum count of subStrings str can be
// splitted into that satisfy the given condition
static void findMinSubStr(String []arr,
                          int n, String str)
{
 
    // Insert all the Strings from
    // the given array in a set
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        uSet.Add(arr[i]);
 
    // Find the required count
    findSubStr(str, 0, 0);
}
 
// Driver code
public static void Main(String []args)
{
    String str = "123456";
    String []arr = {"1", "12345", "2345",
                    "56", "23", "456" };
    int n = arr.Length;
 
    findMinSubStr(arr, n, str);
 
    Console.WriteLine(minCnt);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar
Javascript



<script>
  
 
// Javascript implementation of the approach
 
// Set to store all the strings
// from the given array
var uSet = new Set();
 
// To store the required count
var minCnt = 1000000000;
 
// Recursive function to find the count of
// substrings that can be splitted starting
// from the index start such that all
// the substrings are present in the map
function findSubStr( str,  cnt, start)
{
 
    // All the chosen substrings
    // are present in the map
    if (start == str.length) {
 
        // Update the minimum count
        // of substrings
        minCnt = Math.min(cnt, minCnt);
    }
 
    // Starting from the substrings of length 1
    // that start with the given index
    for (var len = 1; len <= (str.length - start); len++) {
 
        // Get the substring
        var subStr = str.substring(start, start+len);
 
        // If the substring is present in the set
        if (uSet.has(subStr)) {
 
            // Recursive call for the
            // rest of the string
            findSubStr(str, cnt + 1, start + len);
        }
    }
}
 
// Function that inserts all the strings
// from the given array in a set and calls
// the recursive function to find the
// minimum count of substrings str can be
// splitted into that satisfy the given condition
function findMinSubStr(arr, n, str)
{
 
    // Insert all the strings from
    // the given array in a set
    for (var i = 0; i < n; i++)
        uSet.add(arr[i]);
 
    // Find the required count
    findSubStr(str, 0, 0);
}
 
// Driver code
 var str = "123456";
 var arr = ["1", "12345", "2345",
                  "56", "23", "456"];
 var n = arr.length;
 findMinSubStr(arr, n, str);
 document.write( minCnt);
 
 
</script>
Output: 
3
 

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