reverse shuffle merge solution code example
Example: reverse shuffle merge
static int wrd_count[26]={};static int rem_count[26]={};static int sol_count[26]={};static char sol[10001];string reverseShuffleMerge(string s){ int n = s.size(); int j = 0; const char* s_chars = s.c_str(); for(int i = 0; i < n ; i++) wrd_count[s[i]-'a']++; memcpy(rem_count, wrd_count,26*(sizeof(int)) ); for(int i = 0; i < 26 ; i++) wrd_count[i]/=2; char l_char; int l_char_indx; for(int i = n-1; i >= 0; i--){ l_char = s_chars[i]; l_char_indx = l_char - 'a'; if(i == n-1){ sol[j] = l_char; j++; rem_count[l_char_indx]--; sol_count[l_char_indx]++; continue; } if(sol_count[ l_char_indx ] < wrd_count[l_char_indx]){ if( l_char >= sol[j-1] ){ sol[j] = l_char; j++; rem_count[l_char_indx]--; sol_count[l_char_indx]++; }else{ while( j>0 && (l_char < sol[j-1]) && sol_count[sol[j-1]-'a']-1+ rem_count[sol[j-1]-'a'] >= (wrd_count[sol[j-1]-'a'])){ sol_count[sol[--j]-'a']--; } sol[j] = l_char; j++; rem_count[l_char_indx]--; sol_count[l_char_indx]++; } }else{ rem_count[l_char_indx]--; } } sol[j] = '\0';string sol_str(sol); return sol_str; }