Given a string S of size N consisting of numerical digits 1-9 and a positive integer K, the task is to minimize the partitions of the string such that each part is at most K. If it’s impossible to partition the string print -1.
Examples:
Input: S = “3456”, K = 45
Output: 2
Explanation: One possible way is to partition as 3, 45, 6.
Another possibility is 3, 4, 5, 6, which uses 3 partition.
No configuration needs less than 2 partitions. Hence, the answer is 2.Input: S = “7891634”, K = 21
Output: 5
Explanation: The minimum number of partitions is
7, 8, 9, 16, 3, 4, which uses 5 partitions.Input: S = “67142849”, K = 39
Output: 5
Approach: The approach to this problem is based on the below idea:
Make each partition have a value as large as possible with an upper limit of K.
An edge case is if it’s impossible to partition the string. It will happen if the maximum digit in the string is larger than K..
Follow the below steps to solve this problem:
- Iterate over the characters of the string from i = 0 to N-1:
- If the number formed till now is at most K then keep on continuing with this partition. Otherwise, increase the number of partitions.
- Otherwise, If the current digit is larger than K, return -1.
- The last number may not have been accounted for after iterating the string, so check if the last partition is greater than 0. If yes, then increment number of partitions (say ans) by 1.
- Finally, return ans – 1, as we need to find the minimum number of partitions, which is one less than the numbers formed.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
// C++ program for above implementation #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std;
// Function to count the minimum number // of partitions int minimumCommas(string& s, int k)
{ // Length of the string 's'.
int n = s.size();
// Store the current number formed.
long long cur = 0;
// 'ans' stores the final answer.
int ans = 0;
// Iterate over the string.
for ( int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
// If we can include this digit in the
// current number
if (cur * 10 + (s[i] - '0' ) <= k) {
// Include this digit in
// the current number.
cur = cur * 10 + (s[i] - '0' );
}
else {
// If 'cur' is '0',
// it's impossible to partition
if (cur == 0 or cur > k) {
// Return the integer '-1'
return -1;
}
else {
// Increment the answer 'ans'
ans++;
// Set cur to the current digit
cur = s[i] - '0' ;
}
}
}
// If cur > 0, means the last number is cur
if (cur > 0 and cur <= k) {
// Increment the 'ans'
ans++;
}
// Return the number of partitions
return ans - 1;
} // Driver code int main()
{ // Input
string S = "7891634" ;
int K = 21;
// Function call
cout << minimumCommas(S, K);
return 0;
} |
// JAVA program for above implementation import java.util.*;
class GFG {
// Function to count the minimum number
// of partitions
public static int minimumCommas(String s, int k)
{
// Length of the string 's'.
int n = s.length();
// Store the current number formed.
long cur = 0 ;
// 'ans' stores the final answer.
int ans = 0 ;
// Iterate over the string.
for ( int i = 0 ; i < n; ++i) {
// If we can include this digit in the
// current number
if (cur * 10
+ Character.getNumericValue(s.charAt(i))
<= k) {
// Include this digit in
// the current number.
cur = cur * 10
+ Character.getNumericValue(
s.charAt(i));
}
else {
// If 'cur' is '0',
// it's impossible to partition
if (cur == 0 || cur > k) {
// Return the integer '-1'
return - 1 ;
}
else {
// Increment the answer 'ans'
ans++;
// Set cur to the current digit
cur = Character.getNumericValue(
s.charAt(i));
}
}
}
// If cur > 0, means the last number is cur
if (cur > 0 && cur <= k) {
// Increment the 'ans'
ans++;
}
// Return the number of partitions
return ans - 1 ;
}
// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Input
String S = "7891634" ;
int K = 21 ;
// Function call
System.out.print(minimumCommas(S, K));
}
} // This code is contributed by Taranpreet |
# Python code for the above approach # Function to count the minimum number # of partitions def minimumCommas(s, k) :
# Length of the string 's'.
n = len (s)
# Store the current number formed.
cur = 0
# 'ans' stores the final answer.
ans = 0
# Iterate over the string.
for i in range (n) :
# If we can include this digit in the
# current number
if (cur * 10 + ( ord (s[i]) - ord ( '0' )) < = k) :
# Include this digit in
# the current number.
cur = cur * 10 + ( ord (s[i]) - ord ( '0' ))
else :
# If 'cur' is '0',
# it's impossible to partition
if (cur = = 0 or cur > k) :
# Return the integer '-1'
return - 1
else :
# Increment the answer 'ans'
ans + = 1
# Set cur to the current digit
cur = ( ord (s[i]) - ord ( '0' ))
# If cur > 0, means the last number is cur
if (cur > 0 and cur < = k) :
# Increment the 'ans'
ans + = 1
# Return the number of partitions
return ans - 1
# Driver code if __name__ = = "__main__" :
# Input
S = "7891634"
K = 21
# Function call
print (minimumCommas(S, K))
# This code is contributed by code_hunt.
|
// C# program for above implementation using System;
class GFG {
// Function to count the minimum number
// of partitions
static int minimumCommas( string s, int k)
{
// Length of the string 's'.
int n = s.Length;
// Store the current number formed.
long cur = 0;
// 'ans' stores the final answer.
int ans = 0;
// Iterate over the string.
for ( int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
// If we can include this digit in the
// current number
if (cur * 10 + (s[i] - '0' ) <= k) {
// Include this digit in
// the current number.
cur = cur * 10 + (s[i] - '0' );
}
else {
// If 'cur' is '0',
// it's impossible to partition
if (cur == 0 || cur > k) {
// Return the integer '-1'
return -1;
}
else {
// Increment the answer 'ans'
ans++;
// Set cur to the current digit
cur = s[i] - '0' ;
}
}
}
// If cur > 0, means the last number is cur
if (cur > 0 && cur <= k) {
// Increment the 'ans'
ans++;
}
// Return the number of partitions
return ans - 1;
}
// Driver code
public static void Main()
{
// Input
string S = "7891634" ;
int K = 21;
// Function call
Console.WriteLine(minimumCommas(S, K));
}
} // This code is contributed by Samim Hossain Mondal. |
<script> // JavaScript program for above implementation // Function to count the minimum number // of partitions function minimumCommas(s, k)
{ // Length of the string 's'.
let n = s.length;
// Store the current number formed.
let cur = 0;
// 'ans' stores the final answer.
let ans = 0;
// Iterate over the string.
for (let i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
// If we can include this digit in the
// current number
if (cur * 10 + (s.charCodeAt(i) - '0' .charCodeAt(0)) <= k) {
// Include this digit in
// the current number.
cur = cur * 10 + (s.charCodeAt(i) - '0' .charCodeAt(0));
}
else {
// If 'cur' is '0',
// it's impossible to partition
if (cur == 0 || cur > k) {
// Return the integer '-1'
return -1;
}
else {
// Increment the answer 'ans'
ans++;
// Set cur to the current digit
cur = s.charCodeAt(i) - '0 '.charCodeAt(0);
}
}
}
// If cur > 0, means the last number is cur
if (cur > 0 && cur <= k) {
// Increment the ' ans'
ans++;
}
// Return the number of partitions
return ans - 1;
} // Driver code // Input let S = "7891634" ;
let K = 21; // Function call document.write(minimumCommas(S, K)); // This code is contributed // by shinjanpatra </script> |
5
Time Complexity: O(N)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)