@hasan :-ohhh sorry, i didn't see the outer loop
yeah, it works but it is O(n^2), required solution is of O(n).

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Hassan Monfared <hmonfa...@gmail.com>wrote:

> utsav: It works fine, I did little bug fixing on boundaries as here goes :
> bool IsValid(string s)
> {
>  for(int len=1;len<=s.size()/2;len++)
>  {
>    int start1=0,start2=len;
>    while(start2<s.size())
>    {
>    int i=0;
>       for(;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
> }
> It works for both input you provided. :)
>
> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:14 AM, utsav sharma <utsav.sharm...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> @jeevitesh :- yes i am also thinking of suffix tree,
>>  but i am facing problem in implementing it. did you implement it ??
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 9:11 AM, utsav sharma <utsav.sharm...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> @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"
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