@hassan :- it will not work for many strings as you are checking from the mid of strings. try out "ababcdef","aabc". @atul :- it should be done in O(n).
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Hassan Monfared <hmonfa...@gmail.com>wrote: > yes it's not valid > > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 5:36 PM, anugrah <anugrah.agra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So any string with two same characters is not valid?? >> >> for example : >> >> GEEK has E followed by E. >> >> So GEEK is also invalid? >> >> On Jun 3, 1:49 pm, Hassan Monfared <hmonfa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > bool IsValid(string s) >> > { >> > for(int len=0;len<s.len/2;len++) >> > { >> > int start1=0,start2=len+1; >> > while(start2<s.size()) >> > { >> > for(int i=0;i<len && start2+i<s.size() && >> > s[start1+i]=s[start2+i];i++); >> > if(i==len) >> > return false; //"not valid" >> > start1++; >> > start2++; >> > } >> > } >> > return true; // valid >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > } >> > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 12:52 PM, atul anand <atul.87fri...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > can be done with O(n^2) time complexity.. >> > >> > > can it be done with O(n) complexity ??? >> > >> > > On 6/3/12, utsav sharma <utsav.sharm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > given a string tell wether it is valid or not. >> > > > string is valid if there is no substring which have the same >> substring >> > > > following it. >> > >> > > > these strings are not valid:- "stringstring","geek123123rt", >> > > > "abcadabcad","strngstingstrngsting" >> > >> > > > -- >> > > > 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. >> > >> > > -- >> > > 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. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > -- > 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. > -- 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.