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Given a string str and Q queries. Every query consists of a number X, the task is to print the Xth lexicographically smallest sub-string of the given string str

Examples: 

Input: str = “geek”, q[] = {1, 5, 10} 
Output: 

ek 

“e”, “e”, “ee”, “eek”, “ek”, “g”, “ge”, “gee”, “geek” and “k” are 
all the possible sub-strings in lexicographically sorted order.

Input: str = “abcgdhge”, q[] = {15, 32} 
Output: 
bcgdhge 
gdhge 

Approach: Generate all the sub-strings and store them in any data structure and sort that data structure lexicographically. In the solution below, we have used a vector to store all the sub-strings and the inbuilt sort function sorts them in the given order. Now, for every query print vec[X – 1], which will be the Xth smallest sub-string. 

Below is the implementation of the above approach: 

C++




// C++ implementation of the approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to pre-process the sub-strings
// in sorted order
void pre_process(vector<string>& substrings, string s)
{
    int n = s.size();
 
    // Generate all substrings
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        string dup = "";
 
        // Iterate to find all sub-strings
        for (int j = i; j < n; j++) {
            dup += s[j];
 
            // Store the sub-string in the vector
            substrings.push_back(dup);
        }
    }
 
    // Sort the substrings lexicographically
    sort(substrings.begin(), substrings.end());
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    string s = "geek";
 
    // To store all the sub-strings
    vector<string> substrings;
    pre_process(substrings, s);
 
    int queries[] = { 1, 5, 10 };
    int q = sizeof(queries) / sizeof(queries[0]);
 
    // Perform queries
    for (int i = 0; i < q; i++)
        cout << substrings[queries[i] - 1] << endl;
 
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java implementation of the approach
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG
{
 
// Function to pre-process the sub-strings
// in sorted order
static void pre_process(String substrings[],String s)
{
    int n = s.length();
 
    // Generate all substrings
    int count = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        String dup = "";
 
        // Iterate to find all sub-strings
        for (int j = i; j < n; j++)
        {
            dup += s.charAt(j);
 
            // Store the sub-string in the vector
            substrings[count++] = dup;
        }
    }
 
    // Sort the substrings lexicographically
    int size = substrings.length;
 
    for(int i = 0; i < size-1; i++) {
        for (int j = i + 1; j < substrings.length; j++)
        {
            if(substrings[i].compareTo(substrings[j]) > 0)
            {
                String temp = substrings[i];
                substrings[i] = substrings[j];
                substrings[j] = temp;
            }
        }
     
    //sort(substrings.begin(), substrings.end());
}
}
 
// Driver code
public static void main(String args[])
{
    String s = "geek";
 
    // To store all the sub-strings
    String substrings[] = new String[10];
    pre_process(substrings, s);
 
    int queries[] = { 1, 5, 10 };
    int q = queries.length;
 
    // Perform queries
    for (int i = 0; i < q; i++)
        System.out.println(substrings[queries[i]-1]);
 
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by
// Surendra_Gangwar


Python3




# Python3 implementation of the approach
 
# Function to pre-process the sub-strings
# in sorted order
def pre_process(substrings, s) :
     
    n = len(s);
 
    # Generate all substrings
    for i in range(n) :
        dup = "";
 
        # Iterate to find all sub-strings
        for j in range(i,n) :
            dup += s[j];
 
            # Store the sub-string in the vector
            substrings.append(dup);
 
    # Sort the substrings lexicographically
    substrings.sort();
    return substrings;
 
 
# Driver code
if __name__ == "__main__" :
 
    s = "geek";
 
    # To store all the sub-strings
    substrings = [];
    substrings = pre_process(substrings, s);
 
    queries = [ 1, 5, 10 ];
    q = len(queries);
 
    # Perform queries
    for i in range(q) :
        print(substrings[queries[i] - 1]);
         
# This code is contributed by AnkitRai01


C#




// C# code for above given approach
using System;
     
class GFG
{
 
// Function to pre-process the sub-strings
// in sorted order
static void pre_process(String []substrings,String s)
{
    int n = s.Length;
 
    // Generate all substrings
    int count = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        String dup = "";
 
        // Iterate to find all sub-strings
        for (int j = i; j < n; j++)
        {
            dup += s[j];
 
            // Store the sub-string in the vector
            substrings[count++] = dup;
        }
    }
 
    // Sort the substrings lexicographically
    int size = substrings.Length;
 
    for(int i = 0; i < size-1; i++)
    {
        for (int j = i + 1; j < substrings.Length; j++)
        {
            if(substrings[i].CompareTo(substrings[j]) > 0)
            {
                String temp = substrings[i];
                substrings[i] = substrings[j];
                substrings[j] = temp;
            }
        }
     
    //sort(substrings.begin(), substrings.end());
}
}
 
// Driver code
public static void Main(String []args)
{
    String s = "geek";
 
    // To store all the sub-strings
    String []substrings = new String[10];
    pre_process(substrings, s);
 
    int []queries = { 1, 5, 10 };
    int q = queries.Length;
 
    // Perform queries
    for (int i = 0; i < q; i++)
        Console.WriteLine(substrings[queries[i]-1]);
 
}
}
 
/* This code contributed by PrinciRaj1992 */


Javascript




<script>
 
// Javascript implementation of the approach
 
// Function to pre-process the sub-strings
// in sorted order
function pre_process(substrings, s)
{
    var n = s.length;
 
    // Generate all substrings
    for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        var dup = "";
 
        // Iterate to find all sub-strings
        for (var j = i; j < n; j++) {
            dup += s[j];
 
            // Store the sub-string in the vector
            substrings.push(dup);
        }
    }
 
    // Sort the substrings lexicographically
    substrings.sort();
}
 
// Driver code
var s = "geek";
// To store all the sub-strings
var substrings = [];
pre_process(substrings, s);
var queries = [1, 5, 10];
var q = queries.length;
// Perform queries
for (var i = 0; i < q; i++)
    document.write( substrings[queries[i] - 1] + "<br>");
 
 
</script>


Output: 

e
ek
k

 

Time Complexity: O(N2*logN), as we are using an inbuilt sort function to sort an array of size N*N. Where N is the length of the string.

Auxiliary Space: O(N2), as we are using extra space for storing the substrings.



Last Updated : 22 Jun, 2022
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