Python Dictionary to find mirror characters in a string
Last Updated :
28 Jul, 2022
Given a string and a number N, we need to mirror the characters from the N-th position up to the length of the string in alphabetical order. In mirror operation, we change ‘a’ to ‘z’, ‘b’ to ‘y’, and so on.
Examples:
Input : N = 3
paradox
Output : paizwlc
We mirror characters from position 3 to end.
Input : N = 6
pneumonia
Output : pneumlmrz
We have an existing solution for this problem please refer to Mirror characters of a string link. We can solve this problem in Python using Dictionary Data Structure. The mirror value of ‘a’ is ‘z’,’b’ is ‘y’, etc, so we create a dictionary data structure and one-to-one map reverse sequence of alphabets onto the original sequence of alphabets. Now traverse characters from length k in given string and change characters into their mirror value using a dictionary.
Implementation:
Python3
def mirrorChars( input ,k):
original = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
reverse = 'zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba'
dictChars = dict ( zip (original,reverse))
prefix = input [ 0 :k - 1 ]
suffix = input [k - 1 :]
mirror = ''
for i in range ( 0 , len (suffix)):
mirror = mirror + dictChars[suffix[i]]
print (prefix + mirror)
if __name__ = = "__main__" :
input = 'paradox'
k = 3
mirrorChars( input ,k)
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Time complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(n)
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