字符串的括号匹配是一个很常见的问题。用栈这种后进先出的结构是非常适合的。此外,字符串中的回文以及衍生的各种问题也是字符串处理中非常常见的。
今天再说一下这类相似的问题,如何用递归来转化成子结构来求解。
先放一条LeetCode例题: 680. Valid Palindrome II
Given a non-empty string s, you may delete at most one character. Judge whether you can make it a palindrome.
Example 1:
Input: "aba"
Output: TrueExample 2:
Input: "abca"
Output: True
题目的意思是:至多删除一个字母判断是否能删成回文。字符串长度是50000.
显然不能O(n^2)暴力。然后我们分析一下,其实我们只要能找出这个有问题的字母的位置在哪里就好了,然后删掉它就行了。可以通过判断是哪个字母的个数是奇数来做吗?不能,因为判断出来是什么字母,但当这个字母有很多时我们还是不知道删掉其中的哪一个。
所以就用到所说的递归:
两个指针从左边和右分别扫,扫到不匹配的时候就递归,分别删掉左边或右边的这个字母来判断新串是不是回文。
注意的是,已经判断回文的部分就不需要递归了,否则就起不到递归的作用了。时间复杂度: O(n)
AC代码:
class Solution {
public:
bool isHuiwen(string& s,int l,int r){
while (l < r){
if (s[l] != s[r])
return false;
l++;
r--;
}
return true;
}
bool validPalindrome(string s) {
bool res;
int l, r;
l = 0;
r = s.size()-1;
while (l < r){
if (s[l] != s[r])
return isHuiwen(s, l+1, r) || isHuiwen(s, l, r-1);
l++;
r--;
}
return isHuiwen(s, 0, s.size()-1);
}
};
再放一道LeetCode例题: 678. Valid Parenthesis String
Given a string containing only three types of characters: ‘(‘, ‘)‘ and ‘*‘, write a function to check whether this string is valid. We define the validity of a string by these rules:
- Any left parenthesis ‘(‘ must have a corresponding right parenthesis ‘)‘.
- Any right parenthesis ‘)‘ must have a corresponding left parenthesis ‘(‘.
- Left parenthesis ‘(‘ must go before the corresponding right parenthesis ‘)‘.
- ‘*‘ could be treated as a single right parenthesis ‘)‘ or a single left parenthesis ‘(‘ or an empty string.
- An empty string is also valid.
Example 1:
Input: "()"
Output: True
Example 2:
Input: "(*)"
Output: True
Example 3:
Input: "(*))"
Output: True
题意就是判断是否括号匹配,其中*可任意充当(或者)或者空白。
如果是没有*,那么做法很显然:从左到右统计(和)的个数。如果)的个数>(的个数就不行。判断到结尾的时候,如果两者个数相等就可以。
现在引入了*这个百搭,我们同样可以用递归来做:
如果遇到一个*,就分别把它视为左括号或者右括号或者空白来对后面的子串递归。
AC代码:
class Solution2 {
public:
int lll;
bool check(string& s,int start,int lcnt,int rcnt){
int l, r;
l = lcnt;
r = rcnt;
for (int i = start; i < lll; ++i){
if (s[i] == ‘(‘)
l++;
if (s[i] == ‘)‘)
r++;
if (r > l)
return false;
if (s[i]==‘*‘){
return check(s, i+1, l+1, r) ||
check(s, i+1, l, r+1) ||
check(s, i+1, l, r);
}
}
return l == r;
}
bool checkValidString(string s) {
lll = s.size();
return check(s, 0, 0, 0);
}
};
另外,这道题再说一个很巧妙的做法,思路来源于讨论区的高票帖。
low代表左括号可能出现的下界,high代表左括号可能出现的上界。
- 当遇到一个(时,low++,high++;
- 当遇到一个)时,low--,high--;
- 当遇到一个*时,low--,high++; (即我们既可以把*看成(也可以看成)
- 注意的是,下界一旦小于0直接返回false代表右括号太多了, 但是上界我们得人为保证其值>=0,因为*可以被视作空白或右括号(例如"(**")。但是最后结束的时候必须保证上界为0,如果最后上界不为0就是左括号太多了。
另附AC代码:
class Solution {
public:
bool checkValidString(string s) {
int lower = 0, upper = 0;
for (char c : s) {
if (c==‘(‘) {
lower++;
upper++;
} else if (c==‘)‘) {
lower--;
upper--;
} else { // * encountered
lower--;
upper++;
}
lower = max(lower, 0);
if (upper<0) // unmatched ‘)‘ found in the middle of string
return false;
}
return lower==0;
}
};
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