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Basic regex parser - mock interview 10:00 am - finish 40 minutes in mock interview, pass all test cases.
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using System; | |
class Solution | |
{ | |
public static bool IsMatch(string text, string pattern) // "", "a*" - true | |
{ | |
if(text == null || pattern == null) // false | |
return false; | |
var tLength = text.Length; // 0 | |
var pLength = pattern.Length; // 2 | |
var rows = tLength + 1; // 1 | |
var columns = pLength + 1; // 3 | |
var dp = new bool[rows, columns]; // false | |
//base case | |
dp[0,0] = true; // "", "" | |
// base case here - "" matches "a*b*" | |
for(int col = 1; col < columns; col++) // "", "a*", 3 | |
{ | |
var pChar = pattern[col - 1]; // a, * | |
var isStarPattern = pChar == '*' && col >= 2 && pattern[col - 2] != '*'; // b* | |
if(isStarPattern) | |
{ | |
dp[0, col] = dp[0, col - 2]; | |
} | |
} | |
for(int row = 1; row < rows; row++) | |
{ | |
for(int col = 1; col < columns; col++ ) | |
{ | |
var tChar = text[row - 1]; | |
var pChar = pattern[col - 1]; | |
var isDot = pChar == '.'; | |
var isStarPattern = pChar == '*' && col != 0 && pattern[col - 2] != '*'; // b* | |
if(!isStarPattern) | |
{ | |
if(isDot || tChar == pChar) | |
{ | |
dp[row, col] = dp[row - 1, col - 1]; | |
} | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
// recursive checks | |
// 0 time 1 time more than 1 time | |
dp[row, col] = dp[row, col - 2] || (tChar == pChar && (dp[row - 1, col - 2]) || dp[row - 1, col] ); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
return dp[rows - 1, columns - 1]; | |
} | |
static void Main(string[] args) | |
{ | |
} | |
} | |
/* | |
. matches any char | |
* repeat 0 time, 1 time or more than 1 times | |
"" .* | |
b .* | |
bb .* | |
b b* | |
bb b* | |
extend line 18 - | |
"" b*a*.* - pattern string may not be empty | |
"a" "" -> false | |
dynamic programming solution - "acd", "ab*c." true | |
scan from left to right | |
"" "a" "ab" "ab*" "ab*c" "ab*c." - pattern | |
------------------------------------------------------- | |
"" T F F F F F | |
"a" F T F T F F | |
"ac" F | |
"acd" F ? | |
bottom up, from base case, from lower axis values | |
time complexity: | |
dynamic programming, bottom up, I need to argue O(m * n) | |
space complexity: | |
should be O(m * n), m is text length, n pattern length, use two dimension array | |
*/ |
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