Repeated subsequence of length 2 or more
Given a string, find if there is any subsequence of length 2 or more that repeats itself such that the two subsequences doesn’t have the same character at the same position, i.e., any 0’th or 1st character in the two subsequences shouldn’t have the same index in the original string.
Example:
Input: ABCABD Output: Repeated Subsequence Exists (A B is repeated) Input: ABBB Output: Repeated Subsequence Exists (B B is repeated) Input: AAB Output: Repeated Subsequence Doesn't Exist (Note that A B cannot be considered as repeating because B is at same position in two subsequences). Input: AABBC Output: Repeated Subsequence Exists (A B is repeated) Input: ABCDACB Output: Repeated Subsequence Exists (A B is repeated) Input: ABCD Output: Repeated Subsequence Doesn't Exist
The problem is classic variation of longest common subsequence problem. We have discussed Dynamic programming solution here. Dynamic programming solution takes O(n2) time and space.
In this post, O(n) time and space approach is discussed.
The idea is to remove all the non-repeated characters from the string and check if the resultant string is palindrome or not. If the remaining string is palindrome then it is not repeated, else there is a repetition. One special case we need to handle for inputs like “AAA”, which are palindrome but their repeated subsequence exists. Repeated subsequence exists for a palindrome string if it is of odd length and its middle letter is same as left(or right) character.
Below is the implementation of above idea.
C++
// C++ program to check if any repeated // subsequence exists in the string #include <bits/stdc++.h> #define MAX_CHAR 256 using namespace std; // A function to check if a string str is palindrome bool isPalindrome(char str[], int l, int h) { // l and h are leftmost and rightmost corners of str // Keep comparing characters while they are same while (h > l) if (str[l++] != str[h--]) return false; return true; } // The main function that checks if repeated // subsequence exists in the string int check(char str[]) { // Find length of input string int n = strlen(str); // Create an array to store all characters and their // frequencies in str[] int freq[MAX_CHAR] = { 0 }; // Traverse the input string and store frequencies // of all characters in freq[] array. for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { freq[str[i]]++; // If the character count is more than 2 // we found a repetition if (freq[str[i]] > 2) return true; } // In-place remove non-repeating characters // from the string int k = 0; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) if (freq[str[i]] > 1) str[k++] = str[i]; str[k] = '\0'; // check if the resultant string is palindrome if (isPalindrome(str, 0, k-1)) { // special case - if length is odd // return true if the middle characer is // same as previous one if (k & 1) return str[k/2] == str[k/2 - 1]; // return false if string is a palindrome return false; } // return true if string is not a palindrome return true; } // Driver code int main() { char str[] = "ABCABD"; if (check(str)) cout << "Repeated Subsequence Exists"; else cout << "Repeated Subsequence Doesn't Exists"; return 0; } |
Java
// Java program to check if any repeated // subsequence exists in the string class GFG { static int MAX_CHAR = 256; // A function to check // if a string str is palindrome public static boolean isPalindrome(String str, int l, int h) { // l and h are leftmost and rightmost corners of str // Keep comparing characters while they are same while(h > l) if (str.charAt(l++) != str.charAt(h--)) return false; return true; } // The main function that checks if repeated // subsequence exists in the string public static boolean check(String str) { // Find length of input string int n = str.length(); // Create an array to store all characters // and their frequencies in str[] int[] freq = new int[MAX_CHAR]; // Traverse the input string and store frequencies // of all characters in freq[] array. for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { freq[str.charAt(i)]++; // If the character count is more than 2 // we found a repetition if (freq[str.charAt(i)] > 2) return true; } // In-place remove non-repeating characters // from the string int k = 0; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) if (freq[str.charAt(i)] > 1) str.replace(str.charAt(k++), str.charAt(i)); str.replace(str.charAt(k), '\0'); // check if the resultant string is palindrome if (isPalindrome(str, 0, k - 1)) { // special case - if length is odd // return true if the middle characer is // same as previous one if ((k & 1) == 1) { // It is checked so that // StringIndexOutOfBounds can be avoided if (k / 2 >= 1) return (str.charAt(k / 2) == str.charAt(k / 2 - 1)); } // return false if string is a palindrome return false; } // return true if string is not a palindrome return true; } // Driver Code public static void main(String[] args) { String str = "ABCABD"; if (check(str)) System.out.println("Repeated Subsequence Exists"); else System.out.println("Repeated Subsequence" + " Doesn't Exists"); } } // This code is contributed by sanjeev2552 |
Python3
# Python3 program to check if any repeated # subsequence exists in the String MAX_CHAR = 256 # A function to check # if a String Str is palindrome def isPalindrome(Str, l, h): # l and h are leftmost and rightmost corners of Str # Keep comparing characters while they are same while (h > l): if (Str[l] != Str[h]): l += 1 h -= 1 return False return True # The main function that checks if repeated # subsequence exists in the String def check(Str): # Find length of input String n = len(Str) # Create an array to store all characters # and their frequencies in Str[] freq = [0 for i in range(MAX_CHAR)] # Traverse the input String and # store frequencies of all characters # in freq[] array. for i in range(n): freq[ord(Str[i])] += 1 # If the character count is more than 2 # we found a repetition if (freq[ord(Str[i])] > 2): return True # In-place remove non-repeating characters # from the String k = 0 for i in range(n): if (freq[ord(Str[i])] > 1): Str[k] = Str[i] k += 1 Str[k] = '\0' # check if the resultant String is palindrome if (isPalindrome(Str, 0, k - 1)): # special case - if length is odd # return true if the middle characer is # same as previous one if (k & 1): return Str[k // 2] == Str[k // 2 - 1] # return false if String is a palindrome return False # return true if String is not a palindrome return True # Driver code S = "ABCABD"Str = [i for i in S] if (check(Str)): print("Repeated Subsequence Exists") else: print("Repeated Subsequence Doesn't Exists") # This code is contributed by Mohit Kumar |
C#
// C# program to check if any repeated // subsequence exists in the string using System; class GFG { static int MAX_CHAR = 256; // A function to check // if a string str is palindrome public static Boolean isPalindrome(String str, int l, int h) { // l and h are leftmost and rightmost corners of str // Keep comparing characters while they are same while(h > l) if (str[l++] != str[h--]) return false; return true; } // The main function that checks if repeated // subsequence exists in the string public static Boolean check(String str) { // Find length of input string int n = str.Length; // Create an array to store all characters // and their frequencies in str[] int[] freq = new int[MAX_CHAR]; // Traverse the input string and store frequencies // of all characters in freq[] array. for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { freq[str[i]]++; // If the character count is more than 2 // we found a repetition if (freq[str[i]] > 2) return true; } // In-place remove non-repeating characters // from the string int k = 0; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) if (freq[str[i]] > 1) str.Replace(str[k++], str[i]); str.Replace(str[k], '\0'); // check if the resultant string is palindrome if (isPalindrome(str, 0, k - 1)) { // special case - if length is odd // return true if the middle characer is // same as previous one if ((k & 1) == 1) { // It is checked so that // StringIndexOutOfBounds can be avoided if (k / 2 >= 1) return (str[k / 2] == str[k / 2 - 1]); } // return false if string is a palindrome return false; } // return true if string is not a palindrome return true; } // Driver Code public static void Main(String[] args) { String str = "ABCABD"; if (check(str)) Console.WriteLine("Repeated Subsequence Exists"); else Console.WriteLine("Repeated Subsequence" + " Doesn't Exists"); } } // This code is contributed by Princi Singh |
Output :
Repeated Subsequence Exists
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