Sub-strings of a string that are prefix of the same string

Difficulty Level : Hard
Last Updated : 13 May, 2021

Given a string str, the task is to count all possible sub-strings of the given string that are prefix of the same string.

Examples:

Input: str = “ababc”
Output: 7
All possible sub-string are “a”, “ab”, “aba”, “abab”, “ababc”, “a” and “ab”
Input: str = “abdabc”
Output: 8

Approach: Traverse the string character by character, if the current character is equal to the first character of the string then count all possible sub-strings starting from here that are also the prefixes of str and add it to count. After the complete string has been traversed, print the count.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++14

// C++ implementation of the approach
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to return the
// count of sub-strings starting
// from startIndex that are
// also the prefixes of str
int subStringsStartingHere(string str, int n,
                            int startIndex)
{
    int count = 0, i = 1;
    while (i <= n)
    {
        if (str.substr(0,i) ==
                str.substr(startIndex, i))
        {
            count++;
        }
        else
            break;
        i++;
    }
 
    return count;
}
 
 
// Function to return the
// count of all possible sub-strings
// of str that are also the prefixes of str
int countSubStrings(string str, int n)
{
    int count = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
 
        // If current character is equal to
        // the starting character of str
        if (str[i] == str[0])
            count += subStringsStartingHere(str,
                                           n, i);
    }
    return count;
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    string str = "abcda";
    int n = str.length();
   
    // Function Call
    cout << (countSubStrings(str, n));
}
 
// This code is contributed by harshvijeta0

Java

// Java implementation of the approach
public class GFG
{
 
  // Function to return
  // the count of sub-strings starting
  // from startIndex that
  // are also the prefixes of str
  public static int subStringsStartingHere(
                                String str, int n,
                                    int startIndex)
  {
    int count = 0, i = startIndex + 1;
    while (i <= n)
    {
      if (str.startsWith(str.substring(
                                 startIndex, i)))
      {
        count++;
      }
      else
        break;
      i++;
    }
    return count;
  }
 
  // Function to return the
  // count of all possible sub-strings
  // of str that are also the prefixes of str
  public static int countSubStrings(String str,
                                         int n)
  {
    int count = 0;
 
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
 
      // If current character is equal to
      // the starting character of str
      if (str.charAt(i) == str.charAt(0))
        count += subStringsStartingHere(str, n, i);
    }
 
    return count;
  }
 
  // Driver code
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    String str = "ababc";
    int n = str.length();
    System.out.println(countSubStrings(str, n));
  }
}

Python3

# Python3 implementation of the approach
 
# Function to return the
# count of sub-strings starting
# from startIndex that are
# also the prefixes of string
def subStringsStartingHere(string, n,
                           startIndex):
    count = 0
    i = startIndex + 1
     
    while(i <= n) :
        if string.startswith(
                 string[startIndex : i]):
            count += 1
        else :
            break
         
        i += 1
     
    return count
 
# Function to return the
# count of all possible sub-strings
# of string that are also
# the prefixes of string
def countSubStrings(string, n) :
    count = 0
     
    for i in range(n) :
         
        # If current character is equal to 
        # the starting character of str
        if string[i] == string[0] :
            count += subStringsStartingHere(
                              string, n, i)
     
    return count
 
 
# Driver Code
if __name__ == "__main__" :
     
    string = "ababc"
    n = len(string)
    print(countSubStrings(string, n))
 
# this code is contributed by Ryuga

C#

// C# implementation of the approach
using System;
class GFG
{
  
    // Function to return the
    // count of sub-strings starting
    // from startIndex that
    // are also the prefixes of str
    static int subStringsStartingHere(
                               String str, int n,
                                   int startIndex)
    {
        int count = 0, i = startIndex + 1;
        while (i <= n) {
            if (str.StartsWith(str.Substring(
                  startIndex, i-startIndex)))
            {
                count++;
            }
            else
                break;
            i++;
        }
  
        return count;
    }
  
    // Function to return the
    // count of all possible sub-strings
    // of str that are also the prefixes of str
    static int countSubStrings(String str, int n)
    {
        int count = 0;
  
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  
            // If current character is equal to
            // the starting character of str
            if (str[i] == str[0])
                count += subStringsStartingHere(
                                        str, n, i);
        }
  
        return count;
    }
  
    // Driver code
    static public void Main(String []args)
    {
        String str = "ababc";
        int n = str.Length;
        Console.WriteLine(countSubStrings(str, n));
    }
}
//contributed by Arnab Kundu

Javascript

<script>
 
// Javascript implementation of the approach
 
// Function to return the
// count of sub-strings starting
// from startIndex that are
// also the prefixes of str
function subStringsStartingHere(str, n,
                                startIndex)
{
    var count = 0, i = startIndex + 1;
     
    while (i <= n)
    {
        if (str.startsWith(
            str.substring(startIndex, i)))
        {
            count++;
        }
        else
            break;
             
        i++;
    }
    return count;
}
 
// Function to return the count of all
// possible sub-strings of str that are
// also the prefixes of str
function countSubStrings(str, n)
{
    var count = 0;
    for(var i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
         
        // If current character is equal to
        // the starting character of str
        if (str[i] == str[0])
            count += subStringsStartingHere(str,
                                            n, i);
    }
    return count;
}
 
// Driver code
var str = "abcda";
var n = str.length;
 
// Function Call
document.write(countSubStrings(str, n));
 
// This code is contributed by rutvik_56
 
</script>

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