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408. Valid Word Abbreviation

Description

A string can be abbreviated by replacing any number of non-adjacent, non-empty substrings with their lengths. The lengths should not have leading zeros.

For example, a string such as "substitution" could be abbreviated as (but not limited to):

  • "s10n" ("s ubstitutio n")
  • "sub4u4" ("sub stit u tion")
  • "12" ("substitution")
  • "su3i1u2on" ("su bst i t u ti on")
  • "substitution" (no substrings replaced)

The following are not valid abbreviations:

  • "s55n" ("s ubsti tutio n", the replaced substrings are adjacent)
  • "s010n" (has leading zeros)
  • "s0ubstitution" (replaces an empty substring)

Given a string word and an abbreviation abbr, return whether the string matches the given abbreviation.

A substring is a contiguous non-empty sequence of characters within a string.

 

Example 1:

Input: word = "internationalization", abbr = "i12iz4n"
Output: true
Explanation: The word "internationalization" can be abbreviated as "i12iz4n" ("i nternational iz atio n").

Example 2:

Input: word = "apple", abbr = "a2e"
Output: false
Explanation: The word "apple" cannot be abbreviated as "a2e".

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= word.length <= 20
  • word consists of only lowercase English letters.
  • 1 <= abbr.length <= 10
  • abbr consists of lowercase English letters and digits.
  • All the integers in abbr will fit in a 32-bit integer.

Solutions

Solution 1: Simulation

We can directly simulate character matching and replacement.

Assume the lengths of the string word and the string abbr are m and n respectively. We use two pointers i and j to point to the initial positions of the string word and the string abbr respectively, and use an integer variable x to record the current matched number in abbr.

Loop to match each character of the string word and the string abbr:

If the character abbr[j] pointed by the pointer j is a number, if abbr[j] is '0' and x is 0, it means that the number in abbr has leading zeros, so it is not a valid abbreviation, return false; otherwise, update x to x×10+abbr[j]0.

If the character abbr[j] pointed by the pointer j is not a number, then we move the pointer i forward by x positions at this time, and then reset x to 0. If im or word[i]abbr[j] at this time, it means that the two strings cannot match, return false; otherwise, move the pointer i forward by 1 position.

Then we move the pointer j forward by 1 position, repeat the above process, until i exceeds the length of the string word or j exceeds the length of the string abbr.

Finally, if i+x equals m and j equals n, it means that the string word can be abbreviated as the string abbr, return true; otherwise return false.

The time complexity is O(m+n), where m and n are the lengths of the string word and the string abbr respectively. The space complexity is O(1).

  • class Solution {
        public boolean validWordAbbreviation(String word, String abbr) {
            int m = word.length(), n = abbr.length();
            int i = 0, j = 0, x = 0;
            for (; i < m && j < n; ++j) {
                char c = abbr.charAt(j);
                if (Character.isDigit(c)) {
                    if (c == '0' && x == 0) {
                        return false;
                    }
                    x = x * 10 + (c - '0');
                } else {
                    i += x;
                    x = 0;
                    if (i >= m || word.charAt(i) != c) {
                        return false;
                    }
                    ++i;
                }
            }
            return i + x == m && j == n;
        }
    }
    
  • class Solution {
    public:
        bool validWordAbbreviation(string word, string abbr) {
            int m = word.size(), n = abbr.size();
            int i = 0, j = 0, x = 0;
            for (; i < m && j < n; ++j) {
                if (isdigit(abbr[j])) {
                    if (abbr[j] == '0' && x == 0) {
                        return false;
                    }
                    x = x * 10 + (abbr[j] - '0');
                } else {
                    i += x;
                    x = 0;
                    if (i >= m || word[i] != abbr[j]) {
                        return false;
                    }
                    ++i;
                }
            }
            return i + x == m && j == n;
        }
    };
    
  • class Solution:
        def validWordAbbreviation(self, word: str, abbr: str) -> bool:
            m, n = len(word), len(abbr)
            i = j = x = 0
            while i < m and j < n:
                if abbr[j].isdigit():
                    if abbr[j] == "0" and x == 0:
                        return False
                    x = x * 10 + int(abbr[j])
                else:
                    i += x
                    x = 0
                    if i >= m or word[i] != abbr[j]:
                        return False
                    i += 1
                j += 1
            return i + x == m and j == n
    
    
  • func validWordAbbreviation(word string, abbr string) bool {
    	m, n := len(word), len(abbr)
    	i, j, x := 0, 0, 0
    	for ; i < m && j < n; j++ {
    		if abbr[j] >= '0' && abbr[j] <= '9' {
    			if x == 0 && abbr[j] == '0' {
    				return false
    			}
    			x = x*10 + int(abbr[j]-'0')
    		} else {
    			i += x
    			x = 0
    			if i >= m || word[i] != abbr[j] {
    				return false
    			}
    			i++
    		}
    	}
    	return i+x == m && j == n
    }
    
  • function validWordAbbreviation(word: string, abbr: string): boolean {
        const [m, n] = [word.length, abbr.length];
        let [i, j, x] = [0, 0, 0];
        for (; i < m && j < n; ++j) {
            if (abbr[j] >= '0' && abbr[j] <= '9') {
                if (abbr[j] === '0' && x === 0) {
                    return false;
                }
                x = x * 10 + Number(abbr[j]);
            } else {
                i += x;
                x = 0;
                if (i >= m || word[i++] !== abbr[j]) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }
        return i + x === m && j === n;
    }
    
    

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