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471. Encode String with Shortest Length

Description

Given a string s, encode the string such that its encoded length is the shortest.

The encoding rule is: k[encoded_string], where the encoded_string inside the square brackets is being repeated exactly k times. k should be a positive integer.

If an encoding process does not make the string shorter, then do not encode it. If there are several solutions, return any of them.

 

Example 1:

Input: s = "aaa"
Output: "aaa"
Explanation: There is no way to encode it such that it is shorter than the input string, so we do not encode it.

Example 2:

Input: s = "aaaaa"
Output: "5[a]"
Explanation: "5[a]" is shorter than "aaaaa" by 1 character.

Example 3:

Input: s = "aaaaaaaaaa"
Output: "10[a]"
Explanation: "a9[a]" or "9[a]a" are also valid solutions, both of them have the same length = 5, which is the same as "10[a]".

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= s.length <= 150
  • s consists of only lowercase English letters.

Solutions

  • class Solution {
        private String s;
        private String[][] f;
    
        public String encode(String s) {
            this.s = s;
            int n = s.length();
            f = new String[n][n];
            for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
                for (int j = i; j < n; ++j) {
                    f[i][j] = g(i, j);
                    if (j - i + 1 > 4) {
                        for (int k = i; k < j; ++k) {
                            String t = f[i][k] + f[k + 1][j];
                            if (f[i][j].length() > t.length()) {
                                f[i][j] = t;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return f[0][n - 1];
        }
    
        private String g(int i, int j) {
            String t = s.substring(i, j + 1);
            if (t.length() < 5) {
                return t;
            }
            int k = (t + t).indexOf(t, 1);
            if (k < t.length()) {
                int cnt = t.length() / k;
                return String.format("%d[%s]", cnt, f[i][i + k - 1]);
            }
            return t;
        }
    }
    
  • class Solution {
    public:
        string encode(string s) {
            int n = s.size();
            vector<vector<string>> f(n, vector<string>(n));
    
            auto g = [&](int i, int j) {
                string t = s.substr(i, j - i + 1);
                if (t.size() < 5) {
                    return t;
                }
                int k = (t + t).find(t, 1);
                if (k < t.size()) {
                    int cnt = t.size() / k;
                    return to_string(cnt) + "[" + f[i][i + k - 1] + "]";
                }
                return t;
            };
    
            for (int i = n - 1; ~i; --i) {
                for (int j = i; j < n; ++j) {
                    f[i][j] = g(i, j);
                    if (j - i + 1 > 4) {
                        for (int k = i; k < j; ++k) {
                            string t = f[i][k] + f[k + 1][j];
                            if (t.size() < f[i][j].size()) {
                                f[i][j] = t;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return f[0][n - 1];
        }
    };
    
  • class Solution:
        def encode(self, s: str) -> str:
            def g(i: int, j: int) -> str:
                t = s[i : j + 1]
                if len(t) < 5:
                    return t
                k = (t + t).index(t, 1)
                if k < len(t):
                    cnt = len(t) // k
                    return f"{cnt}[{f[i][i + k - 1]}]"
                return t
    
            n = len(s)
            f = [[None] * n for _ in range(n)]
            for i in range(n - 1, -1, -1):
                for j in range(i, n):
                    f[i][j] = g(i, j)
                    if j - i + 1 > 4:
                        for k in range(i, j):
                            t = f[i][k] + f[k + 1][j]
                            if len(f[i][j]) > len(t):
                                f[i][j] = t
            return f[0][-1]
    
    
  • func encode(s string) string {
    	n := len(s)
    	f := make([][]string, n)
    	for i := range f {
    		f[i] = make([]string, n)
    	}
    	g := func(i, j int) string {
    		t := s[i : j+1]
    		if len(t) < 5 {
    			return t
    		}
    		k := strings.Index((t + t)[1:], t) + 1
    		if k < len(t) {
    			cnt := len(t) / k
    			return strconv.Itoa(cnt) + "[" + f[i][i+k-1] + "]"
    		}
    		return t
    	}
    	for i := n - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
    		for j := i; j < n; j++ {
    			f[i][j] = g(i, j)
    			if j-i+1 > 4 {
    				for k := i; k < j; k++ {
    					t := f[i][k] + f[k+1][j]
    					if len(t) < len(f[i][j]) {
    						f[i][j] = t
    					}
    				}
    			}
    		}
    	}
    	return f[0][n-1]
    }
    
  • function encode(s: string): string {
        const n = s.length;
        const f: string[][] = new Array(n).fill(0).map(() => new Array(n).fill(''));
        const g = (i: number, j: number): string => {
            const t = s.slice(i, j + 1);
            if (t.length < 5) {
                return t;
            }
            const k = t.repeat(2).indexOf(t, 1);
            if (k < t.length) {
                const cnt = Math.floor(t.length / k);
                return cnt + '[' + f[i][i + k - 1] + ']';
            }
            return t;
        };
        for (let i = n - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
            for (let j = i; j < n; ++j) {
                f[i][j] = g(i, j);
                if (j - i + 1 > 4) {
                    for (let k = i; k < j; ++k) {
                        const t = f[i][k] + f[k + 1][j];
                        if (t.length < f[i][j].length) {
                            f[i][j] = t;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return f[0][n - 1];
    }
    
    

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