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Given an array of strings arr[] containing N words, the task is to print all possible palindromic string by combining any two strings from the given array.

Examples:

Input: arr[] = [“geekf”, “geeks”, “or”, “keeg”, “abc”, “ba”]
Output: [“geekfkeeg”, “geekskeeg”, “abcba”]  
Explanation:
Below pairs forms the palindromic string on combining:
1. “geekf” + “keeg” = “geekfkeeg”
2. “geeks” + “keeg” = “geekskeeg”
3. “abc” + “ba” = “abcba”

Input: arr[] = [“dcb”, “yz”, “xy”, “efg”, “yx”] 
Output: [“xyyx”, “yxxy”]
Explanation:
1. “xy” + “yz” = “xyyz”
2. “yx” + “xy” = “yxxy”

 

Naive Approach: The naive approach is to iterate all possible pairs in the given array of strings and check whether concatenation of the string forms palindromic or not. If yes then print that pair and check for the next pairs.

Time Complexity: O(N2)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

Efficient Approach: The above approach can be optimized using Hashing. Below are the steps:

  1. Store all the words in a Map with words as keys and indices as values.
  2. For each word(say str) in the arr[] break the string into string s1 and s2 such that s1 + s2 = str.
  3. After the above step there arise two cases:
    • Case 1: If s1 is a palindromic string and the reverse of s2 is present in the hash-map then we get the required pair (reverse of s2  + current word).
    • Case 2: If s2 is a palindromic string and if reverse s1 is present in the hash-map then we get a pair (current word  +  reverse of s1).
  4. Repeat the above steps for all the strings in the array.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++




// C++ program for the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to check whether the string
// word is palindrome or not
bool ispalin(string word)
{
 
    if (word.length() == 1
        || word.empty()) {
        return true;
    }
 
    int l = 0;
    int r = word.length() - 1;
 
    // Iterate word
    while (l <= r) {
 
        if (word[l] != word[r]) {
            return false;
        }
        l++;
        r--;
    }
 
    return true;
}
 
// Function to find the palindromicPairs
vector<string>
palindromicPairs(vector<string>& words)
{
 
    vector<string> output;
    if (words.size() == 0
        || words.size() == 1) {
        return output;
    }
 
    // Insert all the strings with
    // their indices in the hash map
    unordered_map<string, int> mp;
 
    for (int i = 0; i < words.size(); i++) {
        mp[words[i]] = i;
    }
 
    // Iterate over all the words
    for (int i = 0; i < words.size(); i++) {
 
        // If the word is empty then
        // we simply pair it will all the
        // words which are palindrome
        // present in the array
        // except the word itself
        if (words[i].empty()) {
 
            for (auto x : mp) {
 
                if (x.second == i) {
                    continue;
                }
 
                if (ispalin(x.first)) {
                    output.push_back(x.first);
                }
            }
        }
 
        // Create all possible substrings
        // s1 and s2
        for (int j = 0;
             j < words[i].length(); j++) {
 
            string s1 = words[i].substr(0, j + 1);
            string s2 = words[i].substr(j + 1);
 
            // Case 1
            // If s1 is palindrome and
            // reverse of s2 is
            // present in hashmap at
            // index other than i
            if (ispalin(s1)) {
 
                reverse(s2.begin(),
                        s2.end());
 
                string temp = s2;
 
                if (mp.count(s2) == 1
                    && mp[s2] != i) {
                    string ans = s2 + words[i];
                    output.push_back(ans);
                }
 
                s2 = temp;
            }
 
            // Case 2
            // If s2 is palindrome and
            // reverse of s1 is
            // present in hashmap
            // at index other than i
            if (ispalin(s2)) {
 
                string temp = s1;
                reverse(s1.begin(),
                        s1.end());
 
                if (mp.count(s1) == 1
                    && mp[s1] != i) {
                    string ans = words[i] + s1;
                    output.push_back(ans);
                }
 
                s1 = temp;
            }
        }
    }
 
    // Return output
    return output;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
 
    vector<string> words;
 
    // Given array of words
    words = { "geekf", "geeks", "or",
              "keeg", "abc", "ba" };
 
    // Function call
    vector<string> result
        = palindromicPairs(words);
 
    // Print the palindromic strings
    // after combining them
    for (auto x : result) {
        cout << x << endl;
    }
 
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program for the above approach
import java.util.*;
public class Main
{
    // Function to check whether the string
    // word is palindrome or not
    static boolean ispalin(String word)
    {
       
        if (word.length() == 1
            || word.length() == 0) {
            return true;
        }
       
        int l = 0;
        int r = word.length() - 1;
       
        // Iterate word
        while (l <= r) {
       
            if (word.charAt(l) != word.charAt(r)) {
                return false;
            }
            l++;
            r--;
        }
       
        return true;
    }
      
    // Function to find the palindromicPairs
    static Vector<String> palindromicPairs(String[] words)
    {
        Vector<String> output = new Vector<String>();
        if (words.length == 0 ||
            words.length == 1)
        {
            return output;
        }
        
        // Insert all the strings with
        // their indices in the hash map
        HashMap<String, Integer> mp = new HashMap<>();
        
        for (int i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
            mp.put(words[i], i);
        }
        
        // Iterate over all the words
        for(int i = 0; i < words.length; i++)
        {
               
            // If the word is empty then
            // we simply pair it will all the
            // words which are palindrome
            // present in the array
            // except the word itself
            if ((words[i]).length() == 0)
            {
                for(Map.Entry<String, Integer> key : mp.entrySet())
                {
                    if (key.getValue() == i)
                    {
                        continue;
                    }
        
                    if (ispalin(key.getKey()))
                    {
                        output.add(key.getKey());
                    }
                }
            }
        
            // Create all possible substrings
            // s1 and s2
            for(int j = 0; j < words[i].length(); j++)
            {
                String s1 = words[i].substring(0, j + 1);
                String s2 = words[i].substring(j + 1);
        
                // Case 1
                // If s1 is palindrome and
                // reverse of s2 is
                // present in hashmap at
                // index other than i
                if (ispalin(s1))
                {
                    StringBuffer arr = new StringBuffer(s2);
                    arr.reverse();
                    s2 = new String(arr);
        
                    String temp = s2;
        
                    if (mp.containsKey(s2) && mp.get(s2) != i)
                    {
                        String ans = s2 + words[i];
                        output.add(ans);
                    }
                    s2 = temp;
                }
        
                // Case 2
                // If s2 is palindrome and
                // reverse of s1 is
                // present in hashmap
                // at index other than i
                if (ispalin(s2))
                {
                    String temp = s1;
                    StringBuffer arr = new StringBuffer(s1);
                    arr.reverse();
                    s1 = new String(arr);
        
                    if (mp.containsKey(s1) && mp.get(s1) != i)
                    {
                        String ans = words[i] + s1;
                        output.add(ans);
                    }
                    s1 = temp;
                }
            }
        }
        
        // Return output
        return output;
    }
     
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String[] words = { "geekf", "geeks", "or", "keeg", "abc", "ba" };
   
        // Function call
        Vector<String> result = palindromicPairs(words);
       
        // Print the palindromic strings
        // after combining them
        for(String x : result)
            System.out.println(x);
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by mukesh07.


Python3




# Python3 program for the above approach
 
# Function to check whether the string
# word is palindrome or not
def ispalin(word):
     
    if (len(word) == 1 or len(word)):
        return True
     
    l = 0
    r = len(word) - 1
 
    # Iterate word
    while (l <= r):
        if (word[l] != word[r]):
            return False
         
        l+= 1
        r-= 1
     
    return True
 
# Function to find the palindromicPairs
def palindromicPairs(words):
 
    output = []
     
    if (len(words) == 0 or len(words) == 1):
        return output
 
    # Insert all the strings with
    # their indices in the hash map
    mp = {}
 
    for i in range(len(words)):
        mp[words[i]] = i
    
    # Iterate over all the words
    for i in range(len( words)):
 
        # If the word is empty then
        # we simply pair it will all the
        # words which are palindrome
        # present in the array
        # except the word itself
        if (len(words[i]) == 0):
            for x in mp:
                if (mp[x] == i):
                    continue
                
                if (ispalin(x)):
                    output.append(x)
 
        # Create all possible substrings
        # s1 and s2
        for j in range (len(words[i])):
            s1 = words[i][0 : j + 1]
            s2 = words[i][j + 1 : ]
 
            # Case 1
            # If s1 is palindrome and
            # reverse of s2 is
            # present in hashmap at
            # index other than i
            if (ispalin(s1)):
                p = list(s2)
                p.reverse()
                s2 = ''.join(p)
                temp = s2;
 
                if (s2 in mp and mp[s2] != i):
                    ans = s2 + words[i]
                    output.append(ans)
             
                s2 = temp
             
            # Case 2
            # If s2 is palindrome and
            # reverse of s1 is
            # present in hashmap
            # at index other than i
            if (ispalin(s2)):
                temp = s1
                p = list(s1)
                p.reverse()
                s1 = ''.join(p)
                 
                if (s1 in mp and mp[s1] != i):
                    ans = words[i] + s1
                    output.append(ans)
             
                s1 = temp
      
    # Return output
    return output
 
# Driver Code
if __name__ == "__main__":
   
    # Given array of words
    words = [ "geekf", "geeks", "or",
              "keeg", "abc", "ba" ]
 
    # Function call
    result = palindromicPairs(words);
 
    # Print the palindromic strings
    # after combining them
    for x in result:
        print(x)
    
# This code is contributed by chitranayal


C#




// C# program for the above approach
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
class GFG {
     
    // Function to check whether the string
    // word is palindrome or not
    static bool ispalin(string word)
    {
      
        if (word.Length == 1
            || word.Length == 0) {
            return true;
        }
      
        int l = 0;
        int r = word.Length - 1;
      
        // Iterate word
        while (l <= r) {
      
            if (word[l] != word[r]) {
                return false;
            }
            l++;
            r--;
        }
      
        return true;
    }
     
    // Function to find the palindromicPairs
    static List<string> palindromicPairs(string[] words)
    {
        List<string> output = new List<string>();
        if (words.Length == 0 ||
            words.Length == 1)
        {
            return output;
        }
       
        // Insert all the strings with
        // their indices in the hash map
        Dictionary<string, int> mp = new Dictionary<string, int>();
       
        for (int i = 0; i < words.Length; i++) {
            mp[words[i]] = i;
        }
       
        // Iterate over all the words
        for(int i = 0; i < words.Length; i++)
        {
              
            // If the word is empty then
            // we simply pair it will all the
            // words which are palindrome
            // present in the array
            // except the word itself
            if (words[i].Length == 0)
            {
                foreach(KeyValuePair<string, int> key in mp)
                {
                    if (key.Value == i)
                    {
                        continue;
                    }
       
                    if (ispalin(key.Key))
                    {
                        output.Add(key.Key);
                    }
                }
            }
       
            // Create all possible substrings
            // s1 and s2
            for(int j = 0; j < words[i].Length; j++)
            {
                string s1 = words[i].Substring(0, j + 1);
                string s2 = words[i].Substring(j + 1);
       
                // Case 1
                // If s1 is palindrome and
                // reverse of s2 is
                // present in hashmap at
                // index other than i
                if (ispalin(s1))
                {
                    char[] arr = s2.ToCharArray();
                    Array.Reverse(arr);
                    s2 = new string(arr);
       
                    string temp = s2;
       
                    if (mp.ContainsKey(s2) && mp[s2] != i)
                    {
                        string ans = s2 + words[i];
                        output.Add(ans);
                    }
                    s2 = temp;
                }
       
                // Case 2
                // If s2 is palindrome and
                // reverse of s1 is
                // present in hashmap
                // at index other than i
                if (ispalin(s2))
                {
                    string temp = s1;
                    char[] arr = s1.ToCharArray();
                    Array.Reverse(arr);
                    s1 = new string(arr);
       
                    if (mp.ContainsKey(s1) && mp[s1] != i)
                    {
                        string ans = words[i] + s1;
                        output.Add(ans);
                    }
                    s1 = temp;
                }
            }
        }
       
        // Return output
        return output;
    }
 
  static void Main()
  {
    string[] words = { "geekf", "geeks", "or", "keeg", "abc", "ba" };
  
    // Function call
    List<string> result = palindromicPairs(words);
  
    // Print the palindromic strings
    // after combining them
    foreach(string x in result) {
        Console.WriteLine(x);
    }
  }
}
 
// This code is contributed by rameshtravel07.


Javascript




<script>
 
// Javascript program for the above approach
 
// Function to check whether the string
// word is palindrome or not
function ispalin(word)
{
    if (word.length == 1 ||
        word.length == 0)
    {
        return true;
    }
  
    let l = 0;
    let r = word.length - 1;
  
    // Iterate word
    while (l <= r)
    {
        if (word[l] != word[r])
        {
            return false;
        }
        l++;
        r--;
    }
    return true;
}
 
// Function to find the palindromicPairs
function palindromicPairs(words)
{
    let output = [];
    if (words.length == 0 ||
        words.length == 1)
    {
        return output;
    }
  
    // Insert all the strings with
    // their indices in the hash map
    let mp = new Map();
  
    for(let i = 0; i < words.length; i++)
    {
        mp.set(words[i],i);
    }
  
    // Iterate over all the words
    for(let i = 0; i < words.length; i++)
    {
         
        // If the word is empty then
        // we simply pair it will all the
        // words which are palindrome
        // present in the array
        // except the word itself
        if (words[i].length == 0)
        {
            for(let [key, value] of mp.entries())
            {
                if (value == i)
                {
                    continue;
                }
  
                if (ispalin(key))
                {
                    output.push(key);
                }
            }
        }
  
        // Create all possible substrings
        // s1 and s2
        for(let j = 0; j < words[i].length; j++)
        {
            let s1 = words[i].substring(0, j + 1);
            let s2 = words[i].substring(j + 1);
  
            // Case 1
            // If s1 is palindrome and
            // reverse of s2 is
            // present in hashmap at
            // index other than i
            if (ispalin(s1))
            {
                s2 = s2.split("").reverse().join("");
  
                let temp = s2;
  
                if (mp.has(s2) && mp.get(s2) != i)
                {
                    let ans = s2 + words[i];
                    output.push(ans);
                }
                s2 = temp;
            }
  
            // Case 2
            // If s2 is palindrome and
            // reverse of s1 is
            // present in hashmap
            // at index other than i
            if (ispalin(s2))
            {
                let temp = s1;
                s1 = s1.split("").reverse().join("");
  
                if (mp.has(s1) && mp.get(s1) != i)
                {
                    let ans = words[i] + s1;
                    output.push(ans);
                }
                s1 = temp;
            }
        }
    }
  
    // Return output
    return output;
}
 
// Driver Code
let words;
  
// Given array of words
words = [ "geekf", "geeks", "or",
          "keeg", "abc", "ba" ];
 
// Function call
let result = palindromicPairs(words);
 
// Print the palindromic strings
// after combining them
for(let i = 0; i < result.length; i++)
{
    document.write(result[i] + " <br>");
}
 
// This code is contributed by avanitrachhadiya2155
 
</script>


Output: 

geekfkeeg
geekskeeg
abcba

 

Time Complexity: O(N)
Auxiliary Space: O(N)

 



Last Updated : 05 Aug, 2021
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