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Given that you have four slots, and each slot will contain a color red (R), yellow (Y), green (G), blue (B) respectively. For example, if you select YGGR (Slot-1 is yellow, Slots-2 and -3 are green, Slot -4 is red). The colors of slots are not known to you beforehand. You will make a guess about the colors. You might, for example, guess YRGB. 

When you guess the correct color for the correct slot, you get a “hit” If you guess a color that exists but is in the wrong slot, you get a “pseudo-hit:’ Note that a slot that is a hit can never count as a pseudo-hit. 

Given a guess and a solution, your task is to write a program to calculate the number of hits and pseudo-hits. 

Examples: 

Input: solution -> RGBY, Guess -> GGRR
Output: hit -> 1, pseudohit -> 1

Input: solution -> RGYB, Guess -> YGRR
Output: hit -> 1, pseudohit -> 2

Input: solution -> RGYB, Guess -> GGYR
Output: hit -> 2, pseudohit -> 1

A simple solution will be to traverse both strings simultaneously and check the characters of both strings. If both strings have same character then it is a hit and thus increment the count of hits. If the characters of strings do not match at a position, then traverse the solution string again to see if the character in guess is occurred anywhere in solution string or not, if yes increment count of pseudo hits. 

Time Complexity: O(N*N) , where N is the length of string.

An efficient solution is to create a frequency array which stores how many times each character occurs in solution, excluding times when the slot is a “hit”. Then, we iterate through guess to count the number of pseudo-hits. 

Below is the implementation of above approach: 

C++




// CPP code to solve RGYB game
#include<iostream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;
int hits = 0;
int pseudoHits = 0;
 
// maximum no of colors are 4 RGYB
int MAX_COLORS = 4;
 
// Function to assign code to a slot
// based on the color they have
int codeOfColor(char c)
{
    switch (c)
        {
        case 'B': return 0;
            case 'G': return 1;
            case 'R': return 2;
            case 'Y': return 3;
            default:
            return -1;
        }
}
 
// Function to calculate number of hits
// and pseudo hits
void calcResult(string guess, string solution)
{
    hits = 0;
    pseudoHits = 0;
     
    if(guess.length() != solution.length())
        cout<<"Incorrect Input"<<endl;
     
    // frequency array to store how many times
    // each character occurs in solution string   
    int frequencies[MAX_COLORS] ={ 0 };
     
    // Compute hits and build frequency table
    for(int i = 0; i < guess.length() ;i++)
    {
        if(guess[i] == solution[i])
        hits++;
         
        else
        {
            // Only increment the frequency table (which
            // will be  used for pseudo-hits) if it's not
            // a hit. If it's a hit, the slot has already
            // been "used."
            int codecolor = codeOfColor(solution[i]);
            frequencies[codecolor]++;
        }
    }
    
   // Compute pseudo-hits
    for (int i = 0; i < guess.length(); i++)
        {
            int codecolor = codeOfColor(guess[i]);
             
            if (codecolor >= 0 && frequencies[codecolor] > 0
                               && guess[i] != solution[i])
            {
                pseudoHits++;
                frequencies[codecolor]--;
            }
        }
         
    cout << "hits -> " << hits << " Pseudo hits -> "
                       << pseudoHits << endl;
}
 
// Driver code to test above function
int main()
{
    string solution = "GGRR";
    string guess = "RGBY";
          
    calcResult(solution, guess);
          
    solution = "YGRR";
    guess = "RGYB";
          
    calcResult(solution, guess);
}
// This code is contributed by Sumit Ghosh


Java




// Java code to solve RGYB game
 
import java.util.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.io.*;
 
class CalcRes
{
    static int hits = 0;
    static int pseudoHits = 0;
     
    // Function to assign code to a slot
    // based on the color they have
    static int codeOfColor(char c)
    {
        switch (c)
        {
        case 'B': return 0;
            case 'G': return 1;
            case 'R': return 2;
            case 'Y': return 3;
            default:
            return -1;
        }
    }
     
    // maximum no of colors are 4 RGYB
    static int MAX_COLORS = 4;
     
    // Function to calculate number of hits
    // and pseudo hits
    static void calcResult(String guess, String solution)
    {  
        hits = 0;
        pseudoHits = 0;
         
        if (guess.length() != solution.length())
            System.out.println("Incorrect Input");
         
        // frequency array to store how many times
        // each character occurs in solution string
        int[] frequencies = new int[MAX_COLORS];
 
        // Compute hits and build frequency table
        for (int i = 0; i < guess.length(); i++)
        {
            if (guess.charAt(i) == solution.charAt(i))
            {
                hits++;
            }
            else
            {
                /*
                   Only increment the frequency table (which will be
                   used for pseudo-hits) if it's not a hit. If it's a
                   hit, the slot has already been "used."
                */
                int codeofcolor = codeOfColor(solution.charAt(i));
                frequencies[codeofcolor]++;
            }
        }
 
        // Compute pseudo-hits
        for (int i = 0; i < guess.length(); i++)
        {
            int codeofcolor = codeOfColor(guess.charAt(i));
            if (codeofcolor >= 0 && frequencies[codeofcolor] > 0 &&
                              guess.charAt(i) != solution.charAt(i))
            {
                pseudoHits++;
                frequencies[codeofcolor]--;
            }
        }
         
        System.out.println("hits -> " + hits +
                           " Pseudo hits -> " + pseudoHits);
    }
 
 
    // Driver Code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {  
        String solution = "GGRR";
        String guess = "RGBY";
         
        calcResult(solution, guess);
         
        solution = "YGRR";
        guess = "RGYB";
         
        calcResult(solution, guess);
    }
}


Python3




# Python code to solve RGYB game
 
hits = 0
pseudoHits = 0
 
# maximum no of colors are 4 RGYB
MAX_COLORS = 4
 
# Function to assign code to a slot
# based on the color they have
def codeOfColor(c):
    if c == 'B':
        return 0;
    elif c == 'G':
        return 1;
    elif c == 'R':
        return 2;
    elif c == 'Y':
        return 3;
    else:
        return -1;
 
# Function to calculate number of hits
# and pseudo hits
def calcResult(guess, solution):
    hits = 0
    pseudoHits = 0
    if (len(guess) != len(solution)):
        print ("Incorrect Input")
     
    # frequency array to store how many times
    # each character occurs in solution string
    frequencies = [0 for i in range(MAX_COLORS)]
     
    # Compute hits and build frequency table
    for i in range(len(guess)):
        if (guess[i] == solution[i]):
            hits += 1
        else:
 
            # Only increment the frequency table (which
            # will be used for pseudo-hits) if it's not
            # a hit. If it's a hit, the slot has already
            # been "used."
            codecolor = codeOfColor(solution[i])
            frequencies[codecolor] += 1
 
    # Compute pseudo-hits
    for i in range(len(guess)):
        codecolor = codeOfColor(guess[i])
        if codecolor >= 0 and frequencies[codecolor] > 0 and guess[i] != solution[i]:
                pseudoHits += 1
                frequencies[codecolor] -= 1
    print("hits -> ", hits, " Pseudo hits -> ", pseudoHits)
 
# Driver code to test above function
solution = "GGRR"
guess = "RGBY"
calcResult(solution, guess)
 
solution = "YGRR"
guess = "RGYB"
calcResult(solution, guess)
 
#This code is contributed by Sachin Bisht


C#




// C# code to solve RGYB game
using System;
 
class GFG {
     
    static int hits = 0;
    static int pseudoHits = 0;
     
    // Function to assign code to a slot
    // based on the color they have
    static int codeOfColor(char c)
    {
        switch (c)
        {
            case 'B': return 0;
            case 'G': return 1;
            case 'R': return 2;
            case 'Y': return 3;
            default: return -1;
        }
    }
     
    // maximum no of colors are 4 RGYB
    static int MAX_COLORS = 4;
     
    // Function to calculate number of hits
    // and pseudo hits
    static void calcResult(string guess, string solution)
    {
        hits = 0;
        pseudoHits = 0;
         
        if (guess.Length != solution.Length)
            Console.Write("Incorrect Input");
         
        // frequency array to store how many
        // times each character occurs in
        // solution string
        int []frequencies = new int[MAX_COLORS];
 
        // Compute hits and build frequency table
        for (int i = 0; i < guess.Length; i++)
        {
            if (guess[i] == solution[i])
            {
                hits++;
            }
            else
            {
                 
                /* Only increment the frequency table
                (which will be used for pseudo-hits)
                if it's not a hit. If it's a hit, the
                slot has already been "used." */
                int codeofcolor = codeOfColor(solution[i]);
                frequencies[codeofcolor]++;
            }
        }
 
        // Compute pseudo-hits
        for (int i = 0; i < guess.Length; i++)
        {
            int codeofcolor = codeOfColor(guess[i]);
            if (codeofcolor >= 0 &&
                        frequencies[codeofcolor] > 0 &&
                                guess[i] != solution[i])
            {
                pseudoHits++;
                frequencies[codeofcolor]--;
            }
        }
         
        Console.WriteLine("hits -> " + hits +
                     " Pseudo hits -> " + pseudoHits);
    }
 
    // Driver Code
    public static void Main()
    {
        string solution = "GGRR";
        string guess = "RGBY";
         
        calcResult(solution, guess);
         
        solution = "YGRR";
        guess = "RGYB";
         
        calcResult(solution, guess);
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by nitin mittal.


Javascript




<script>
 
// JavaScript code to solve RGYB game
 
let hits = 0;
let pseudoHits = 0;
 
// maximum no of colors are 4 RGYB
let MAX_COLORS = 4;
 
// Function to assign code to a slot
// based on the color they have
function codeOfColor(c) {
    switch (c) {
        case 'B': return 0;
        case 'G': return 1;
        case 'R': return 2;
        case 'Y': return 3;
        default:
            return -1;
    }
}
 
// Function to calculate number of hits
// and pseudo hits
function calcResult(guess, solution) {
    hits = 0;
    pseudoHits = 0;
 
    if (guess.length != solution.length)
        document.write("Incorrect Input<br>");
 
    // frequency array to store how many times
    // each character occurs in solution string   
    let frequencies = new Array(MAX_COLORS).fill(0);
 
    // Compute hits and build frequency table
    for (let i = 0; i < guess.length; i++) {
        if (guess[i] == solution[i])
            hits++;
 
        else {
            // Only increment the frequency table (which
            // will be used for pseudo-hits) if it's not
            // a hit. If it's a hit, the slot has already
            // been "used."
            let codecolor = codeOfColor(solution[i]);
            frequencies[codecolor]++;
        }
    }
 
    // Compute pseudo-hits
    for (let i = 0; i < guess.length; i++) {
        let codecolor = codeOfColor(guess[i]);
 
        if (codecolor >= 0 && frequencies[codecolor] > 0
            && guess[i] != solution[i]) {
            pseudoHits++;
            frequencies[codecolor]--;
        }
    }
 
    document.write("hits -> " + hits + " Pseudo hits -> "
        + pseudoHits + "<br>");
}
 
// Driver code to test above function
 
let solution = "GGRR";
let guess = "RGBY";
 
calcResult(solution, guess);
 
solution = "YGRR";
guess = "RGYB";
 
calcResult(solution, guess);
 
// This code is contributed by _saurabh_jaiswal
 
</script>


Output

hits -> 1 Pseudo hits -> 1
hits -> 1 Pseudo hits -> 2

Time Complexity: O(N) 
Auxiliary Space: O(N)

This article is contributed by Mr. Somesh Awasthi.  



Last Updated : 17 May, 2023
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