@piyush: what is time and space complexity of u'r sol.. On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Piyush Grover <piyush4u.iit...@gmail.com>wrote:
> sry, in the findWord function all a's are different e.g > a0, a1....a7 > > and if(!a) is actually if(a0||a1||...||a7) > > thnx > piyush > > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Piyush Grover > <piyush4u.iit...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> for(i = 0; i < n; i++) >> for(j = 0; j < n; j++){ >> setColor(i, j) = black; >> if(A[i][j] == str[0]){ >> setColor(i, j) = blue; >> a = findWord(A, i, j, str, 1) >> if(!a) setColor(i, j) = black; >> else break; >> } >> } >> >> findWord(A, i, j, str, k){ >> if(k == strlen(str)) >> return true; >> >> if(A[i-1][j-1] == str[k] && getColor(i-1, j-1) != blue) >> setColor(i-1, j-1) = blue; >> a = findWord(A, i-1, j-1, str, k+1); >> >> if(A[i-1][j] == str[k] && getColor(i-1, j) != blue) >> setColor(i-1, j) = blue; >> a = findWord(A, i-1, j, str, k+1); >> >> if(A[i-1][j+1] == str[k] && getColor(i-1, j+1) != blue) >> setColor(i-1, j+1) = blue; >> a = findWord(A, i-1, j+1, str, k+1); >> >> if(A[i][j-1] == str[k] && getColor(i, j-1) != blue) >> setColor(i, j-1) = blue; >> a = findWord(A, i, j-1, str, k+1); >> >> if(A[i][j+1] == str[k] && getColor(i, j+1) != blue) >> setColor(i, j+1) = blue; >> a = findWord(A, i, j+1, str, k+1); >> >> if(A[i+1][j-1] == str[k] && getColor(i+1, j-1) != blue) >> setColor(i+1, j-1) = blue; >> a = findWord(A, i+1, j-1, str, k+1); >> >> if(A[i+1][j] == str[k] && getColor(i+1, j) != blue) >> setColor(i+1, j) = blue; >> a = findWord(A, i+1, j, str, k+1); >> >> if(A[i+1][j+1] == str[k] && getColor(i+1, j+1) != blue) >> setColor(i+1, j+1) = blue; >> a = findWord(A, i+1, j+1, str, k+1); >> >> if(!a) setColor(i, j) = black; >> >> return a; >> } >> >> This is a pseudo code. I haven't considered the boundary cases to make it >> understandable. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:21 AM, vikas <vikas.rastogi2...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> hmm, nice questions, can we create an efficient DS to query the >>> strings ?? >>> >>> >>> tried using trie but memory prints are very large ( O(n^2) )? :-(( >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 18, 12:59 pm, Anup Ghatage <ghat...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > For the mentioned scenario, it seems to be the only feasible solution. >>> > >>> > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 3:57 AM, bharatkumar bagana < >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > bagana.bharatku...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > > @anup : the time complexity will be very high ... >>> O(n*M*M)...n=#characters >>> > > to be checked...M=size of the matrix ... >>> > >>> > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Anup Ghatage <ghat...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > >> As WgpShashank once pointed out. >>> > >>> > >> Search the whole matrix for the first character instances, for each >>> > >> instance, send the array, string and that char's position to a >>> function that >>> > >> will recursively check its direct neighbors for the next character. >>> > >> Exhaustively check like that for each starting characters appearance >>> till >>> > >> you find the string, if any. >>> > >>> > >> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Ankur Garg <ankurga...@gmail.com >>> >wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> In a matrix of. characters, find an string. String can be in any >>> way (all >>> > >>> 8 neighbours to be considered) >>> > >>> like find Microsoft in below matrix. >>> > >>> > >>> A >>> > >>> C >>> > >>> P >>> > >>> *R >>> > >>> *C* >>> > >>> *X >>> > >>> *S >>> > >>> **O >>> > >>> *P >>> > >>> *C* >>> > >>> V >>> > >>> *O* >>> > >>> V >>> > >>> N >>> > >>> *I* >>> > >>> W >>> > >>> G >>> > >>> *F >>> > >>> **M >>> > >>> *N >>> > >>> Q >>> > >>> A >>> > >>> *T* >>> > >>> I >>> > >>> T >>> > >>> > >>> *Any Ideas How to Solve/Approach this problem ?* >>> > >>> > >>> -- >>> > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> > >>> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>> > >>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>> > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> > >>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> > >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>> > >>> > >> -- >>> > >> Anup Ghatage >>> > >>> > >> -- >>> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> > >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>> > >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>> > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> > >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> > >> For more options, visit this group at >>> > >>http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>> > >>> > > -- >>> > >>> > > **Please do not print this e-mail until urgent requirement. 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