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

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:
“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:
 

 

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++ 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 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 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# 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




<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









Method 2:Using Dynamic Programming

Approach:

we use dp in our approach, we can use the array dp[]. Because the minimum count of substrings up to the first index is always 0 and the minimum count of substrings up to every subsequent index is initially equal to the length of the substring from the beginning of the string to that index, we can initialize dp[0] = 0 and dp[i] to i for i > 0. Finally, dp[len] is returned, where len is the length of the input string str. This will tell us the smallest number of substrings that str can be split into so that each substring is  present in arr[].

Implementation:




// C++ Implementation
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_set>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find minimum substring count
int minSubstringCount(string str, string arr[], int n)
{
   
    int len = str.length();
   
    int dp[len + 1];
    dp[0] = 0;
    unordered_set<string> set(arr, arr + n);
 
      // Iterate
    for (int i = 1; i <= len; i++) {
        dp[i] = i;
        for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
           
              // Fetch the substring between indexes
            string sub = str.substr(j, i - j);
            if (set.find(sub) != set.end()) {
                dp[i] = min(dp[i], dp[j] + 1);
            }
        }
    }
 
    return dp[len];
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    string str = "111112";
    string arr[] = { "11", "111", "11111", "2" };
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
   
      // Function call
    int result = minSubstringCount(str, arr, n);
    cout << result << endl;
    return 0;
}




import java.util.HashSet;
 
public class GFG {
 
    // Function to find minimum substring count
    static int minSubstringCount(String str, String[] arr) {
        int len = str.length();
 
        // Create an array to store minimum substring count at each index
        int[] dp = new int[len + 1];
        dp[0] = 0;
 
        // Create a HashSet to store the strings from the array
        HashSet<String> set = new HashSet<>();
        for (String s : arr) {
            set.add(s);
        }
 
        // Iterate through the string
        for (int i = 1; i <= len; i++) {
            dp[i] = i;
            for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
 
                // Fetch the substring between indexes
                String sub = str.substring(j, i);
                if (set.contains(sub)) {
                    dp[i] = Math.min(dp[i], dp[j] + 1);
                }
            }
        }
 
        return dp[len];
    }
 
    // Driver code
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String str = "111112";
        String[] arr = {"11", "111", "11111", "2"};
        int result = minSubstringCount(str, arr);
        System.out.println(result);
    }
}




def min_substring_count(s, arr):
    length = len(s)
    dp = [i for i in range(length + 1)]
    substring_set = set(arr)
 
    for i in range(1, length + 1):
        for j in range(i):
            sub = s[j:i]
            if sub in substring_set:
                dp[i] = min(dp[i], dp[j] + 1)
 
    return dp[length]
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    s = "111112"
    arr = ["11", "111", "11111", "2"]
    result = min_substring_count(s, arr)
    print(result)




using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
 
class GFG {
    // Function to find the minimum count of substrings
    // required to form the given string
    static int MinSubstringCount(string str, string[] arr,
                                 int n)
    {
        int len = str.Length;
 
        int[] dp = new int[len + 1];
        dp[0] = 0; // Base case: an empty string requires 0
                   // substrings
        HashSet<string> set = new HashSet<string>(
            arr); // Store the substrings in a hash set for
                  // faster lookup
 
        for (int i = 1; i <= len; i++) {
            dp[i] = i; // Initialize dp[i] to the maximum
                       // possible value
            for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
                string sub = str.Substring(
                    j, i - j); // Get the substring from
                               // index j to i-1
                if (set.Contains(sub)) {
                    // If the substring is present in the
                    // set, update dp[i] with the minimum
                    // count
                    dp[i] = Math.Min(dp[i], dp[j] + 1);
                }
            }
        }
 
        return dp[len]; // Return the minimum count of
                        // substrings required to form the
                        // given string
    }
 
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string str = "111112"; // Given string
        string[] arr = { "11", "111", "11111",
                         "2" }; // Array of substrings
        int n = arr.Length; // Length of the array
 
        // Find the minimum count of substrings required to
        // form the given string and print the result
        int result = MinSubstringCount(str, arr, n);
        Console.WriteLine(result);
    }
}




// JavaScript Implementation
function minSubstringCount(str, arr) {
    const len = str.length;
    const dp = new Array(len + 1).fill(0);
    dp[0] = 0;
     
    const set = new Set(arr);
 
    // Iterate through the string
    for (let i = 1; i <= len; i++) {
        dp[i] = i;
        for (let j = 0; j < i; j++) {
            // Fetch the substring between indexes
            const sub = str.substring(j, i);
            if (set.has(sub)) {
                dp[i] = Math.min(dp[i], dp[j] + 1);
            }
        }
    }
 
    return dp[len];
}
 
// Driver code
const str = "111112";
const arr = ["11", "111", "11111", "2"];
 
// Function call
const result = minSubstringCount(str, arr);
console.log(result);

Output
2










Time Complexity: O(n^3),where n is the length of the input string str. 
Auxiliary Space: O(n) 


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