Print all Subsequences of String which Start with Vowel and End with Consonant.

Given a string return all possible subsequences which start with a vowel and end with a consonant. A String is a subsequence of a given String, that is generated by deleting some character of a given string without changing its order. 

Examples:

Input : 'abc'
Output : ab, ac, abc
Input : 'aab'
Output : ab, aab

Question Source: Yatra.com Interview Experience | Set 7

BRUTE METHOD USING BIT MANIPULATION:

Intuition:

1. Declare a TreeSet<String> to store all the subsequences of string s.
2. we pass the string s to a function where the subsequences are calculated.
3. Then we check if first, the character of the string is a vowel and the last character is consonant or not.
4. If so, then we add it to the ans list.
5. At last, return the list.

Implementation:

C++

// C++ Program to generate all the subsequence
// starting with vowel and ending with consonant.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

set<string> st;

// Function to find all the subsequences of a string
void findSubsequences(string s) {
  int n = s.length();
  for (int num = 0; num < (1 << n); num++) {
    string sub = "";
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      if ((num & (1 << i)) != 0) {
        sub += s[i];
      }
    }
    if (sub.length() > 0) {
      st.insert(sub);
    }
  }
}

// Check if char c is vowel or not
bool isVowel(char c) {
  return (c == 'a' || c == 'e' || c == 'i' || c == 'o'
          || c == 'u');
}

// Check if char c is consonant or not
bool isConsonant(char c) {
  return !(c == 'a' || c == 'e' || c == 'i'
           || c == 'o' || c == 'u');
}

// Function to find all the subsequences starting with vowel and ending with consonant
set<string> allPossibleSubsequences(string s) {
  findSubsequences(s);
  set<string> ans;
  for (string i : st) {
    if (isVowel(i[0]) && isConsonant(i[i.length() - 1])) {
      ans.insert(i);
    }
  }
  st.clear();
  return ans;
}

// Driver code
int main() {
  string s = "xabcef";
  set<string> result = allPossibleSubsequences(s);
  for (string str : result) {
    cout << str << " ";
  }
  return 0;
}

// This code is contributed by Sundaram

Java

// Java Program to generate all the subsequence
// starting with vowel and ending with consonant.

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

class GFG {
    static TreeSet<String> st = new TreeSet<String>();

    // Function to find the subsequence
    static void findsubsequences(String s)
    {
        int n = s.length();
        for (int num = 0; num < (1 << n); num++) {
            String sub = "";
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                if ((num & (1 << i)) != 0) {
                    sub += s.charAt(i);
                }
            }
            if (sub.length() > 0) {
                st.add(sub);
            }
        }
    }

    // Check if char c is vowel or not
    static boolean isVowel(char c)
    {
        return (c == 'a' || c == 'e' || c == 'i' || c == 'o'
                || c == 'u');
    }

    // Check if char c is consonant or not
    static boolean isConsonant(char c)
    {
        return !(c == 'a' || c == 'e' || c == 'i'
                 || c == 'o' || c == 'u');
    }
    static TreeSet<String> allPossibleSubsequences(String s)
    {
        findsubsequences(s);
        TreeSet<String> ans = new TreeSet<String>();
        for (String i : st) {
            if (isVowel(i.charAt(0))
                && isConsonant(i.charAt(i.length() - 1)))
                ans.add(i);
        }
        st.clear();
        return ans;
    }

    // Driver Code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String s = "xabcef";
        System.out.println(allPossibleSubsequences(s));
    }
}

C#

// C# Program to generate all the subsequence
// starting with vowel and ending with consonant.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

class GFG
{
    static SortedSet<string> st = new SortedSet<string>();

    // Function to find the subsequence
    static void findsubsequences(string s)
    {
        int n = s.Length;
        for (int num = 0; num < (1 << n); num++)
        {
            string sub = "";
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            {
                if ((num & (1 << i)) != 0)
                {
                    sub += s[i];
                }
            }
            if (sub.Length > 0)
            {
                st.Add(sub);
            }
        }
    }

    // Check if char c is vowel or not
    static bool isVowel(char c)
    {
        return (c == 'a' || c == 'e' || c == 'i' || c == 'o' || c == 'u');
    }

    // Check if char c is consonant or not
    static bool isConsonant(char c)
    {
        return !(c == 'a' || c == 'e' || c == 'i' || c == 'o' || c == 'u');
    }

    static SortedSet<string> allPossibleSubsequences(string s)
    {
        findsubsequences(s);
        SortedSet<string> ans = new SortedSet<string>();
        foreach (string i in st)
        {
            if (isVowel(i[0]) && isConsonant(i[i.Length - 1]))
                ans.Add(i);
        }
        st.Clear();
        return ans;
    }

    // Driver Code
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string s = "xabcef";
        SortedSet<string> result = allPossibleSubsequences(s);
        foreach (string str in result)
        {
            Console.Write(str+" ");
        }
    }
}

// This code is contributed by Utkarsh Kumar

Output

[ab, abc, abcef, abcf, abef, abf, ac, acef, acf, aef, af, ef]

Time Complexity: O(n* logn* (2^n))

Space Complexity: O(N) since we are using Tree Set.

Explanation of the Algorithm: 

• Step 1: Iterate over the entire String
• Step 2: check if the ith character for vowel
• Step 3: If true iterate the string from the end,
               if false move to next iteration
• Step 4: check the jth character for consonant
               if false move to next iteration 
              if true perform the following 
• Step 5: Add the substring starting at index i and ending at index j to the hashset.
• Step 6: Iterate over the substring drop each character  and recur to generate all its subString

C++

// C++ program to generate all the subse-quence
// starting with vowel and ending with consonant.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// Set to store all the subsequences
set<string> st;

// Utility method to check vowel
bool isVowel(char c)
{
    return (c == 'a' or c == 'e' or
            c == 'i' or c == 'o' or
            c == 'u');
}

// Utility method to check consonant
bool isConsonant(char c)
{
    return !isVowel(c);
}

// It computes all the possible substring that
// starts with vowel and end with consonant
void subsequence(string str)
{
    // iterate over the entire string
    for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++)
    {
        // test ith character for vowel
        if (isVowel(str[i]))
        {
            // if the ith character is vowel
            // iterate from end of the string
            // and check for consonant.
            for (int j = str.length() - 1; j >= i; j--)
            {
                // test jth character for consonant.
                if (isConsonant(str[j]))
                {
                    // once we get a consonant add it to
                    // the hashset
                    string str_sub = str.substr(i, j + 1);
                    st.insert(str_sub);

                    // drop each character of the substring
                    // and recur to generate all subsequence
                    // of the substring
                    for (int k = 1; k < str_sub.length() - 1; k++)
                    {
                        string sb = str_sub;
                        sb.erase(sb.begin() + k);
                        subsequence(sb);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

// Driver Code
int main()
{
    string s = "xabcef";
    subsequence(s);

    for (auto i : st)
        cout << i << " ";
    cout << endl;

    return 0;
}

// This code is contributed by
// sanjeev2552

Java

// Java Program to generate all the subsequence
// starting with vowel and ending with consonant.
import java.util.HashSet;

public class Subsequence {

    // Set to store all the subsequences
    static HashSet<String> st = new HashSet<>();

    // It computes all the possible substring that
    // starts with vowel and end with consonant
    static void subsequence(String str)
    {
        // iterate over the entire string
        for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {

            // test ith character for vowel
            if (isVowel(str.charAt(i))) {

                // if the ith character is vowel
                // iterate from end of the string
                // and check for consonant.
                for (int j = (str.length() - 1); j >= i; j--) {

                    // test jth character for consonant.
                    if (isConsonant(str.charAt((j)))) {

                        // once we get a consonant add it to
                        // the hashset
                        String str_sub = str.substring(i, j + 1);
                        st.add(str_sub);

                        // drop each character of the substring
                        // and recur to generate all subsequence
                        // of the substring
                        for (int k = 1; k < str_sub.length() - 1; k++) {
                            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(str_sub);
                            sb.deleteCharAt(k);
                            subsequence(sb.toString());
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // Utility method to check vowel
    static boolean isVowel(char c)
    {
        return (c == 'a' || c == 'e' || c == 'i' || c == 'o'
                                              || c == 'u');
    }

    // Utility method to check consonant
    static boolean isConsonant(char c)
    {
        return !isVowel(c);
    }

    // Driver code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String s = "xabcef";
        subsequence(s);
        System.out.println(st);
    }
}

Python3

# Python program to generate all the subse-quence
# starting with vowel and ending with consonant.

# Set to store all the subsequences
st = set()

# Utility method to check vowel
def isVowel(c):

    return (c == 'a' or c == 'e' or
            c == 'i' or c == 'o' or
            c == 'u')

# Utility method to check consonant
def isConsonant(c):

    return not isVowel(c)

# It computes all the possible substring that
# starts with vowel and end with consonant
def subsequence(Str):

    global st

    # iterate over the entire string
    for i in range(len(Str)):

        # test ith character for vowel
        if (isVowel(Str[i])):

            # if the ith character is vowel
            # iterate from end of the string
            # and check for consonant.
            for j in range(len(Str) - 1,i-1,-1):

                # test jth character for consonant.
                if (isConsonant(Str[j])):

                    # once we get a consonant add it to
                    # the hashset
                    str_sub = Str[i : i + j + 1]
                    st.add(str_sub)

                    # drop each character of the substring
                    # and recur to generate all subsequence
                    # of the substring
                    for k in range(1,len(str_sub)):

                        sb = str_sub
                        sb = sb.replace(sb[k],"")
                        subsequence(sb)

# Driver Code
s = "xabcef"
subsequence(s)

for i in st:
    print(i,end = " ")
print()

# This code is contributed by shinjanpatra

C#

// C# Program to generate all the subsequence
// starting with vowel and ending with consonant.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

class Subsequence
{

    // Set to store all the subsequences
    static HashSet<String> st = new HashSet<String>();

    // It computes all the possible substring that
    // starts with vowel and end with consonant
    static void subsequence(String str)
    {
        // iterate over the entire string
        for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i++)
        {

            // test ith character for vowel
            if (isVowel(str[i]))
            {

                // if the ith character is vowel
                // iterate from end of the string
                // and check for consonant.
                for (int j = (str.Length - 1); j >= i; j--)
                {

                    // test jth character for consonant.
                    if (isConsonant(str[j]))
                    {

                        // once we get a consonant add it to
                        // the hashset
                        String str_sub = str.Substring(i, j -i + 1);
                        st.Add(str_sub);

                        // drop each character of the substring
                        // and recur to generate all subsequence
                        // of the substring
                        for (int k = 1; k < str_sub.Length - 1; k++)
                        {
                            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(str_sub);
                            sb.Remove(k, 1);
                            subsequence(sb.ToString());
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // Utility method to check vowel
    static bool isVowel(char c)
    {
        return (c == 'a' || c == 'e' || c == 'i' || c == 'o'
                                            || c == 'u');
    }

    // Utility method to check consonant
    static bool isConsonant(char c)
    {
        return !isVowel(c);
    }

    // Driver code
    public static void Main(String[] args)
    {
        String s = "xabcef";
        subsequence(s);
        foreach(String str in st)
            Console.Write(str + ", ");
    }
}

// This code is contributed by Rajput-Ji

Javascript

<script>

// JavaScript program to generate all the subse-quence
// starting with vowel and ending with consonant.

// Set to store all the subsequences
let st = new Set();

// Utility method to check vowel
function isVowel(c)
{
    return (c == 'a' || c == 'e' ||
            c == 'i' || c == 'o' ||
            c == 'u');
}

// Utility method to check consonant
function isConsonant(c)
{
    return !isVowel(c);
}

// It computes all the possible substring that
// starts with vowel and end with consonant
function subsequence(str)
{
    // iterate over the entire string
    for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i++)
    {
        // test ith character for vowel
        if (isVowel(str[i]))
        {
            // if the ith character is vowel
            // iterate from end of the string
            // and check for consonant.
            for (let j = str.length - 1; j >= i; j--)
            {
                // test jth character for consonant.
                if (isConsonant(str[j]))
                {
                    // once we get a consonant add it to
                    // the hashset
                    let str_sub = str.substring(i, i + j + 1);
                    st.add(str_sub);

                    // drop each character of the substring
                    // and recur to generate all subsequence
                    // of the substring
                    for (let k = 1; k < str_sub.length - 1; k++)
                    {
                        let sb = str_sub;
                        sb = sb.replace(sb[k],"");
                        subsequence(sb);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

// Driver Code
let s = "xabcef";
subsequence(s);

for (let i of st)
    document.write(i," ");
document.write("</br>");

// This code is contributed by shinjanpatra

</script>

Output

ab abc abce abcef abcf abef abf ac acef acf aef af ef 

Time complexity: O(2^n) where n is the length of the string
Auxiliary space: O(2^n) 

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