Python: Check if the letters of a given string can be rearranged so that two characters that are adjacent to each other are different
Python heap queue algorithm: Exercise-15 with Solution
Write a Python program to check if the letters of a given string can be rearranged so that two characters that are adjacent to each other are different using Heap queue algorithm.
Note:
If there is no output return the empty string.
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
import heapq
from collections import Counter
def reorganizeString(S):
ctr = Counter(S)
heap = [(-value, key) for key, value in ctr.items()]
heapq.heapify(heap)
if (-heap[0][0]) * 2 > len(S) + 1:
return ""
ans = []
while len(heap) >= 2:
nct1, char1 = heapq.heappop(heap)
nct2, char2 = heapq.heappop(heap)
ans.extend([char1, char2])
if nct1 + 1: heapq.heappush(heap, (nct1 + 1, char1))
if nct2 + 1: heapq.heappush(heap, (nct2 + 1, char2))
return "".join(ans) + (heap[0][1] if heap else "")
print(reorganizeString("aab"))
print(reorganizeString("abc"))
print(reorganizeString("aabb"))
print(reorganizeString("abccdd"))
Sample Output:
aba abc abab cdabcd
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