Queries for characters in a repeated string

Given a string X. Form a string S by repeating string X multiple times i.e appending string X multiple times with itself. There are Q queries of form i and j. The task is to print “Yes” if the element at index i is same as the element at index j in S else print “No” for each query.

Examples :

Input : X = "geeksforgeeks", Q = 3.
Query 1: 0 8
Query 2: 8 13
Query 3: 6 15

Output :
Yes
Yes
No

String S will be "geeksforgeeksgeeksforgeeks....".
For Query 1, index 0 and index 8 have same element i.e 'g'.
For Query 2, index 8 and index 13 have same element i.e 'g'.
For Query 3, index 6 = 'o' and index 15 = 'e' which are not same.

Let length of string X be n. Observe that element at indexes 0, n, 2n, 3n,…. are same. Similarly for index i, position i, n+i, 2n+i, 3n+i,….. contain same element.
So, for each query, find (i%n) and (j%n) and if both are same for string X.

Below is the implementation of above idea :

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// Queries for same characters in a repeated
// string
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
  
// Print whether index i and j have same
// element or not.
void query(char s[], int i, int j)
{
    int n = strlen(s);
  
    // Finding relative position of index i,j.
    i %= n;
    j %= n;
  
    // Checking is element are same at index i, j.
    (s[i]==s[j])? (cout << "Yes" << endl):
                  (cout << "No" << endl);
}
  
// Driven Program
int main()
{
    char X[] = "geeksforgeeks";
  
    query(X, 0, 8);
    query(X, 8, 13);
    query(X, 6, 15);
  
    return 0;
}

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// Java Program to Queries for 


// same characters in a  


// repeated string 


import java.io.*; 


  


public class GFG{ 


      


// Print whether index i and j 


// have same element or not 


static void query(String s, int i, 


                  int j) 


{ 


    int n = s.length(); 


  


    // Finding relative position 


    // of index i,j 


    i %= n; 


    j %= n; 


  


    // Checking is element are same 


    // at index i, j 


    if(s.charAt(i) == s.charAt(j)) 


    System.out.println("Yes"); 


    else


    System.out.println("No"); 


} 


  


    // Driver Code 


    static public void main (String[] args) 


    { 


    String X = "geeksforgeeks"; 


  


    query(X, 0, 8); 


    query(X, 8, 13); 


    query(X, 6, 15); 


  


    } 


} 


  


// This code is contributed by vt_m. 



















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# Queries for same characters in a repeated 


# string 


  


# Print whether index i and j have same 


# element or not. 


def query(s, i, j): 


    n = len(s) 


  


    # Finding relative position of index i,j. 


    i %= n 


    j %= n 


  


    # Checking is element are same at index i, j. 


    print("Yes") if s[i] == s[j] else print("No") 


  


# Driver code 


if __name__ == "__main__": 


    X = "geeksforgeeks"


    query(X, 0, 8) 


    query(X, 8, 13) 


    query(X, 6, 15) 


  


# This code is contributed by 


# sanjeev2552 



















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// C# Program to Queries for 


// same characters in a  


// repeated string 


using System; 


  


public class GFG{ 


      


// Print whether index i and j 


// have same element or not 


static void query(string s, int i,  


                  int j) 


{ 


    int n = s.Length; 


  


    // Finding relative position 


    // of index i,j. 


    i %= n; 


    j %= n; 


  


    // Checking is element are  


    // same at index i, j 


    if(s[i] == s[j]) 


    Console.WriteLine("Yes"); 


    else


    Console.WriteLine("No"); 


} 


  


    // Driver Code 


    static public void Main () 


    { 


    string X = "geeksforgeeks"; 


  


    query(X, 0, 8); 


    query(X, 8, 13); 


    query(X, 6, 15); 


  


    } 


} 


  


// This code is contributed by vt_m. 



















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<?php 


// Queries for same characters  


// in a repeated string 


  


// Print whether index i and j  


// have same element or not. 


function query($s, $i, $j) 


{ 


    $n = strlen($s); 


  


    // Finding relative position 


    // of index i,j. 


    $i %= $n; 


    $j %= $n; 


  


    // Checking is element are  


    // same at index i, j. 


    if(($s[$i] == $s[$j]))  


        echo "Yes\n" ; 


    else


        echo "No" ; 


} 


  


// Driver Code 


$X = "geeksforgeeks"; 


  


query($X, 0, 8); 


query($X, 8, 13); 


query($X, 6, 15); 


  


// This code is contributed by nitin mittal.  


?> 



















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Output :


Yes
Yes
No



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