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Print the arranged positions of characters to make palindrome

You are given a string s (only lowercase alphabet) with length n. Print the position of every character of the string it must acquire so that it will form a palindromic string.

Examples:  

Input  : c b b a a
Output : 3 1 5 2 4
To make string palindrome 'c' must be at position 3,
'b' at 1 and 5, 'a' at 2 and 4.

Input : a b c
Output : Not Possible
Any permutation of string cannot form palindrome. 

The idea is to create an array of vectors (or dynamic size array) that stores all positions of every character. After storing positions, we check if the count of odd characters is more than one. If yes, we return “Not Possible”. Otherwise, we first print the first half positions from the array, then one position of the odd character (if it is present), and finally the second half positions. 

Implementation:




// CPP program to print original
// positions of characters in a
// string after rearranging and
// forming a palindrome
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Maximum number of characters
const int MAX = 256;
 
void printPalindromePos(string &str)
{
    // Insert all positions of every
    // character in the given string.
    vector<int> pos[MAX];
    int n = str.length();
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        pos[str[i]].push_back(i+1);
 
    /* find the number of odd elements.
       Takes O(n) */
    int oddCount = 0;
    char oddChar;
    for (int i=0; i<MAX; i++) {
        if (pos[i].size() % 2 != 0) {
            oddCount++;
            oddChar = i;
        }
    }
 
    /* A palindrome cannot contain more than 1
       odd characters */
    if (oddCount > 1)
        cout << "NO PALINDROME";
 
    /* Print positions in first half
       of palindrome */
    for (int i=0; i<MAX; i++)
    {
        int mid = pos[i].size()/2;
        for (int j=0; j<mid; j++)
            cout << pos[i][j] << " ";
    }
 
    // Consider one instance odd character
    if (oddCount > 0)
    {
        int last = pos[oddChar].size() - 1;
        cout << pos[oddChar][last] << " ";
        pos[oddChar].pop_back();
    }
 
    /* Print positions in second half
       of palindrome */
    for (int i=MAX-1; i>=0; i--)
    {
        int count = pos[i].size();
        for (int j=count/2; j<count; j++)
            cout << pos[i][j] << " ";
    }
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    string s = "geeksgk";
    printPalindromePos(s);
    return 0;
}




// JAVA program to print original
// positions of characters in a
// String after rearranging and
// forming a palindrome
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG
{
 
// Maximum number of characters
static int MAX = 256;
 
static void printPalindromePos(String str)
{
    // Insert all positions of every
    // character in the given String.
    Vector<Integer> []pos = new Vector[MAX];
    for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
        pos[i] = new Vector<Integer>();
    int n = str.length();
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        pos[str.charAt(i)].add(i + 1);
 
    /* find the number of odd elements.
    Takes O(n) */
    int oddCount = 0;
    char oddChar = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
    {
        if (pos[i].size() % 2 != 0)
        {
            oddCount++;
            oddChar = (char) i;
        }
    }
 
    /* A palindrome cannot contain more than 1
    odd characters */
    if (oddCount > 1)
        System.out.print("NO PALINDROME");
 
    /* Print positions in first half
    of palindrome */
    for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
    {
        int mid = pos[i].size() / 2;
        for (int j = 0; j < mid; j++)
            System.out.print(pos[i].get(j) + " ");
    }
 
    // Consider one instance odd character
    if (oddCount > 0)
    {
        int last = pos[oddChar].size() - 1;
        System.out.print(pos[oddChar].get(last) + " ");
        pos[oddChar].remove(pos[oddChar].size() - 1);
    }
 
    /* Print positions in second half
    of palindrome */
    for (int i = MAX - 1; i >= 0; i--)
    {
        int count = pos[i].size();
        for (int j = count / 2; j < count; j++)
            System.out.print(pos[i].get(j) + " ");
    }
}
 
// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    String s = "geeksgk";
    printPalindromePos(s);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar




# Python3 program to print original
# positions of characters in a
# string after rearranging and
# forming a palindrome
 
# Maximum number of characters
MAX = 256
 
def printPalindromePos(Str):
    global MAX
     
    # Insert all positions of every
    # character in the given string.
    pos = [[] for i in range(MAX)]
    n = len(Str)
    for i in range(n):
        pos[ord(Str[i])].append(i+1)
 
    # find the number of odd elements.
    # Takes O(n)
    oddCount = 0
     
    for i in range(MAX):
        if (len(pos[i])% 2 != 0):
            oddCount += 1
            oddChar = i
         
    # A palindrome cannot contain more than 1
    # odd characters
    if (oddCount > 1):
        print("NO PALINDROME")
 
    # Print positions in first half
    # of palindrome
    for i in range(MAX):
 
        mid = len(pos[i]) // 2
        for j in range(mid):
            print(pos[i][j],end = " ")
 
    # Consider one instance odd character
    if (oddCount > 0):
        last = len(pos[oddChar]) - 1
        print(pos[oddChar][last],end = " ")
        pos[oddChar].pop()
     
    # Print positions in second half
    # of palindrome
    for i in range(MAX-1,-1,-1):
     
        count = len(pos[i])
        for j in range(count//2,count):
            print(pos[i][j],end = " ")
     
# Driver code
s = "geeksgk"
printPalindromePos(s)
 
# This code is contributed by shinjanpatra.




// C# program to print original
// positions of characters in a
// String after rearranging and
// forming a palindrome
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
 
class GFG
{
 
// Maximum number of characters
static int MAX = 256;
 
static void printPalindromePos(String str)
{
    // Insert all positions of every
    // character in the given String.
    List<int> []pos = new List<int>[MAX];
    for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
        pos[i] = new List<int>();
    int n = str.Length;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        pos[str[i]].Add(i + 1);
 
    /* find the number of odd elements.
    Takes O(n) */
    int oddCount = 0;
    char oddChar = (char)0;
    for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
    {
        if (pos[i].Count % 2 != 0)
        {
            oddCount++;
            oddChar = (char) i;
        }
    }
 
    /* A palindrome cannot contain more than 1
    odd characters */
    if (oddCount > 1)
        Console.Write("NO PALINDROME");
 
    /* Print positions in first half
    of palindrome */
    for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
    {
        int mid = pos[i].Count / 2;
        for (int j = 0; j < mid; j++)
            Console.Write(pos[i][j] + " ");
    }
 
    // Consider one instance odd character
    if (oddCount > 0)
    {
        int last = pos[oddChar].Count - 1;
        Console.Write(pos[oddChar][last] + " ");
        pos[oddChar].RemoveAt(pos[oddChar].Count - 1);
    }
 
    /* Print positions in second half
    of palindrome */
    for (int i = MAX - 1; i >= 0; i--)
    {
        int count = pos[i].Count;
        for (int j = count / 2; j < count; j++)
            Console.Write(pos[i][j] + " ");
    }
}
 
// Driver code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
    String s = "geeksgk";
    printPalindromePos(s);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar




<script>
 
// Javascript program to print original
// positions of characters in a
// string after rearranging and
// forming a palindrome
 
// Maximum number of characters
var MAX = 256;
 
function printPalindromePos(str)
{
    // Insert all positions of every
    // character in the given string.
    var pos = Array.from(Array(MAX), ()=>Array());
    var n = str.length;
    for (var i = 0; i < n; i++)
        pos[str[i].charCodeAt(0)].push(i+1);
 
    /* find the number of odd elements.
       Takes O(n) */
    var oddCount = 0;
    var oddChar;
    for (var i=0; i<MAX; i++) {
        if (pos[i].length % 2 != 0) {
            oddCount++;
            oddChar = i;
        }
    }
 
    /* A palindrome cannot contain more than 1
       odd characters */
    if (oddCount > 1)
        document.write( "NO PALINDROME");
 
    /* Print positions in first half
       of palindrome */
    for (var i=0; i<MAX; i++)
    {
        var mid = pos[i].length/2;
        for (var j=0; j<mid; j++)
            document.write( pos[i][j] + " ");
    }
 
    // Consider one instance odd character
    if (oddCount > 0)
    {
        var last = pos[oddChar].length - 1;
        document.write( pos[oddChar][last] + " ");
        pos[oddChar].pop();
    }
 
    /* Print positions in second half
       of palindrome */
    for (var i=MAX-1; i>=0; i--)
    {
        var count = pos[i].length;
        for (var j=count/2; j<count; j++)
            document.write( pos[i][j] + " ");
    }
}
 
// Driver code
var s = "geeksgk";
printPalindromePos(s);
 
 
</script>

Output: 
2 1 4 5 7 6 3 

 

Time Complexity : O ( n )


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