Count and Say
Question
- leetcode: Count and Say
- lintcode: Count and Say
Problem Statement
The count-and-say sequence is the sequence of integers beginning as follows:1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, ...
1
is read off as "one 1"
or 11
.11
is read off as "two 1s"
or 21
.21
is read off as "one 2
, then one 1"
or 1211
.
Given an integer n, generate the _n_th sequence.
Note: The sequence of integers will be represented as a string.
题解1 - 迭代
题目大意是找第 n 个数(字符串表示),规则则是对于连续字符串,表示为重复次数+数本身。那么其中的核心过程则是根据上一个字符串求得下一个字符串,从 '1'
开始迭代 n - 1 次即可。
Python
class Solution(object):
def countAndSay(self, n):
"""
:type n: int
:rtype: str
"""
if n <= 0:
return ''
seq = '1'
for _ in range(n - 1):
seq = re.sub(r'(.)\1*', lambda m: str(len(m.group(0))) + m.group(1), seq)
return seq
Python
class Solution(object):
def countAndSay(self, n):
"""
:type n: int
:rtype: str
"""
if n <= 0:
return ''
curr_seq = '1'
for j in range(n - 1):
curr_seq = self._get_next_seq(curr_seq)
return curr_seq
def _get_next_seq(self, seq):
next_seq = ''
cnt = 1
for i in range(len(seq)):
if i + 1 < len(seq) and seq[i] == seq[i + 1]:
cnt += 1
else:
next_seq += str(cnt)
next_seq += seq[i]
cnt = 1
return next_seq
C++
class Solution {
public:
string countAndSay(int n) {
if (n <= 0) return "";
string curr_seq = "1";
while (--n) {
curr_seq = getNextSeq(curr_seq);
}
return curr_seq;
}
private:
string getNextSeq(string seq) {
string next_seq = "";
int cnt = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < seq.length(); i++) {
if (i + 1 < seq.length() && seq[i] == seq[i + 1]) {
cnt++;
} else {
next_seq.push_back('0' + cnt);
next_seq.push_back(seq[i]);
cnt = 1;
}
}
return next_seq;
}
};
Java
public class Solution {
public String countAndSay(int n) {
assert n > 0;
StringBuilder currSeq = new StringBuilder("1");
for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
currSeq = getNextSeq(currSeq);
}
return currSeq.toString();
}
private StringBuilder getNextSeq(StringBuilder seq) {
StringBuilder nextSeq = new StringBuilder();
int cnt = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < seq.length(); i++) {
if (i + 1 < seq.length() && seq.charAt(i) == seq.charAt(i + 1)) {
cnt++;
} else {
nextSeq.append(cnt).append(seq.charAt(i));
cnt = 1;
}
}
return nextSeq;
}
}
源码分析
字符串是动态生成的,Python 中 next_seq
使用了两次 append 而不是字符串直接拼接,实测性能有一定提升,C++ 中对整型使用了 push_back('0' + cnt)
, 容易证明 cnt
不会超过3,因为若出现1111
,则逆向可得两个连续的1,而根据规则应为21
,其他如2222
推理方法类似。Java 中使用 StringBuilder 更为合适。除了通常方法外还可以使用正则表达式这一利器!
复杂度分析
略,与选用的数据结构有关。
题解2 - 递归
注意递归终止条件即可,核心过程差不多。
Python
class Solution(object):
def countAndSay(self, n):
"""
:type n: int
:rtype: str
"""
if n <= 0:
return ''
if n == 1:
return '1'
seq = self.countAndSay(n - 1)
next_seq = ''
cnt = 1
for i in range(len(seq)):
if i + 1 < len(seq) and seq[i] == seq[i + 1]:
cnt += 1
else:
next_seq += str(cnt)
next_seq += seq[i]
cnt = 1
return next_seq
C++
class Solution {
public:
string countAndSay(int n) {
if (n <= 0) return "";
if (n == 1) return "1";
string seq = countAndSay(n - 1);
string next_seq = "";
int cnt = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < seq.length(); i++) {
if (i + 1 < seq.length() && seq[i] == seq[i + 1]) {
cnt++;
} else {
next_seq.push_back('0' + cnt);
next_seq.push_back(seq[i]);
cnt = 1;
}
}
return next_seq;
}
};
Java
public class Solution {
public String countAndSay(int n) {
assert n > 0;
if (n == 1) return "1";
String seq = countAndSay(n - 1);
StringBuilder nextSeq = new StringBuilder();
int cnt = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < seq.length(); i++) {
if (i + 1 < seq.length() && seq.charAt(i) == seq.charAt(i + 1)) {
cnt++;
} else {
nextSeq.append(cnt).append(seq.charAt(i));
cnt = 1;
}
}
return nextSeq.toString();
}
}
源码分析
判断相邻字符是否相同时需要判断索引是否越界。
复杂度分析
略,与选用的数据结构有关。