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Leetcode 125 - valid palindrome - study code - https://github.com/jianminchen/leetcode-cpp/blob/master/src/ValidPalindrome.cpp, use continue keyword
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace Leetcode125_IsPalindrome
{
class Program
{
/*
* Leetcode 125: is palindrome
*
* blog to read:
* http://blog.csdn.net/nomasp/article/details/50623165
*/
static void Main(string[] args)
{
bool test = isPalindrome("Aa");
bool test2 = isPalindrome("Ab%Ba");
bool test3 = isPalindrome("B%1*1b");
}
/*
* Function design:
*
* study the code:
* https://github.com/jianminchen/leetcode-cpp/blob/master/src/ValidPalindrome.cpp
*
* Time complexity:
* O(N)
*
* use continue keyword to make the code more clear, based on practice #9
*
*/
public static bool isPalindrome(string s)
{
if (s == null || s.Length == 0)
return true;
int left = 0;
int right = s.Length - 1;
// Enforce the rule that one iteration in while loop only work on one of if case, therefore,
// more easy to follow.
// continue - line 60, line 66
// - also - remove 4th if
while (left < right)
{
char c1 = s[left];
char c2 = s[right];
bool[] arr = new bool[2] { isAlnum(c1), isAlnum(c2) };
bool isComparable = arr[0] && arr[1];
bool isSame = toUpper(c1) == toUpper(c2);
if (!isComparable && !arr[0])
{
left++;
continue;
}
if (!isComparable && !arr[1])
{
right--;
continue;
}
if (isComparable && !isSame)
return false;
//if (isComparable && isSame)
//{
left++;
right--;
//}
}
return true;
}
/*
* a-z
* A-Z
* 0-9
*/
private static bool isAlnum(char c)
{
const int SIZE = 26;
int[] arr = new int[] { c - 'a', c - 'A', c - '0' };
// is A-Z or a-z or 0 -9
if ((arr[0] >= 0 && arr[0] < SIZE) ||
(arr[1] >= 0 && arr[1] < SIZE) ||
(arr[2] >= 0 && arr[2] <= 9))
return true;
return false;
}
/*
*
*/
private static char toUpper(char c)
{
int no = c - 'a';
if (no >= 0 && no < 26)
return (char)('A' + no);
else
return c;
}
}
}
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