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""" | ||
Problem: | ||
Given a string with repeated characters, rearrange the string so that no two adjacent characters are the same. | ||
If this is not possible, return None. | ||
Given a string with repeated characters, rearrange the string so that no two adjacent | ||
characters are the same. If this is not possible, return None. | ||
Example: | ||
For example, given "aaabbc", you could return "ababac". Given "aaab", return None. | ||
""" | ||
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Input = "aaabbc" | ||
Output = "ababac" | ||
from typing import Optional | ||
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Input = "aaab" | ||
Output = None | ||
""" | ||
from DataStructures.Queue import Queue | ||
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def get_unique_adjacent(string): | ||
def get_unique_adjacent(string: str) -> Optional[str]: | ||
length = len(string) | ||
freq = {} | ||
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if length == 0: | ||
return string | ||
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# getting the character frequency | ||
for i in range(length): | ||
if string[i] in freq: | ||
freq[string[i]] += 1 | ||
else: | ||
freq[string[i]] = 1 | ||
if string[i] not in freq: | ||
freq[string[i]] = 0 | ||
freq[string[i]] += 1 | ||
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sorted_freq = sorted(freq.items(), key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True) | ||
queue = list(sorted_freq) | ||
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# checking if a desired string can be formed | ||
if length % 2 == 0: | ||
if sorted_freq[0][1] > length // 2: | ||
return None | ||
else: | ||
if sorted_freq[0][1] > (length // 2) + 1: | ||
return None | ||
queue = Queue() | ||
[queue.enqueue(item) for item in sorted_freq] | ||
result = "" | ||
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res = "" | ||
if length % 2 == 0 and sorted_freq[0][1] > length // 2: | ||
return None | ||
elif length % 2 == 1 and sorted_freq[0][1] > (length // 2) + 1: | ||
return None | ||
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# creating the required string | ||
while queue: | ||
while not queue.is_empty(): | ||
if len(queue) == 1: | ||
if queue[0][1] == 2: | ||
res = queue[0][0] + res + queue[0][0] | ||
elem, freq = queue.peek() | ||
if freq == 2: | ||
result = elem + result + elem | ||
break | ||
elif queue[0][1] == 1: | ||
if res[-1] != queue[0][0]: | ||
res += queue[0][0] | ||
elif freq == 1: | ||
if result[-1] != elem: | ||
result += elem | ||
else: | ||
res = queue[0][0] + res | ||
result = elem + result | ||
break | ||
else: | ||
return None | ||
return None | ||
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res += queue[0][0] + queue[1][0] | ||
elem1, freq1 = queue.peek() | ||
elem2, freq2 = None, None | ||
if len(queue) > 1: | ||
elem2, freq2 = queue[1] | ||
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queue[0] = queue[0][0], queue[0][1] - 1 | ||
queue[1] = queue[1][0], queue[1][1] - 1 | ||
result += elem1 + elem2 | ||
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queue[0] = elem1, freq1 - 1 | ||
if len(queue) > 1: | ||
queue[1] = elem2, freq2 - 1 | ||
if len(queue) > 1 and queue[1][1] == 0: | ||
queue.pop(1) | ||
queue.dequeue() | ||
if len(queue) > 0 and queue[0][1] == 0: | ||
queue.pop(0) | ||
queue.dequeue() | ||
return result | ||
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return res | ||
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if __name__ == "__main__": | ||
print(get_unique_adjacent("aaabbc")) | ||
print(get_unique_adjacent("aaabbcc")) | ||
print(get_unique_adjacent("aaabbac")) | ||
print(get_unique_adjacent("aaab")) | ||
print(get_unique_adjacent("aaabbaa")) | ||
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# DRIVER CODE | ||
print(get_unique_adjacent("aaabbc")) | ||
print(get_unique_adjacent("aaabbcc")) | ||
print(get_unique_adjacent("aaabbac")) | ||
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# cannot form a word of the desired form | ||
print(get_unique_adjacent("aaab")) | ||
print(get_unique_adjacent("aaabbaa")) | ||
""" | ||
SPECS: | ||
TIME COMPLEXITY: O(n) | ||
SPACE COMPLEXITY: O(n) | ||
""" |
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