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By ShivanshJ, history, 12 months ago, In English

I feel that the problem is not explained in tutorial in sufficient detail. Let $$$a_i$$$ denote $$$i^{th}$$$ bit in $$$a$$$, and so on for various variables. First, lets handle the bits independently, for $$$i^{th}$$$ bit, we have a tuple $$$(m_i, a_i, b_i)$$$ and we want to get $$$(c_i, d_i)$$$. Let's map this $$$i^{th}$$$ bit tuple $$$(m_i, a_i, b_i)$$$ into integer (binary) as $$$S[i] = 4m_i + 2a_i + b_i$$$ and tuple $$$(c_i, d_i)$$$ into $$$D[i] = 2*c_i + d_i$$$

The first observation is that (as highlighted in editorial, that if for some $$$i$$$ and $$$j$$$, if $$$S[i] = S[j]$$$ then, $$$D[i]$$$ must be equal to $$$D[j]$$$, otherwise no solution exists.

The second crucial observation is we can reduce the problem involving "lesser numbers" (instead of dealing with numbers of size $$$2^{30}$$$), since there are only $$$8$$$ possibilities of $$$S[i]$$$ and $$$4$$$ for $$$D[i]$$$. How do we do that exactly?

Consider a $$$8$$$ bit number is base $$$4$$$, the $$$i^{th}$$$ bit $$$(i < 8)$$$ in binary represents $$$S[i]$$$ (since there are $$$8$$$ possibilities we have bits from $$$0$$$ to $$$7$$$) and the destination $$$D[i]$$$ is put into $$$i^{th}$$$ position in that number. Since there are $$$4$$$ possible values of $$$D[i]$$$ $$$(0 \le D[i] < 4)$$$, we are working in base $$$4$$$. This is our state.

However, notice that, every value of $$$S[i]$$$ cannot be mapped to $$$D[i]$$$ since, some tuples $$$(m, a, b)$$$ may not even occur! So, for those tuples we can map them into a fake value of $$$D[i]$$$ (take it as $$$4$$$), so instead of base $$$4$$$ we have to work with base $$$5$$$. There are only $$$5^8$$$ possibilities. If we construct a directed graph, then it has $$$5^8$$$ nodes and $$$4*5^8$$$ edges. (Since every node has $$$4$$$ edges coming out of it).

Now, let $$$dist[i]$$$ denote the minimum distance from node $$$i$$$ from some node $$$j$$$ whose $$$dist[j]$$$ is $$$0$$$. Obviously for $$$j = (32103210)_5$$$, $$$dist[j] = 0$$$, because it takes $$$0$$$ moves to reach that state. However for any $$$i$$$ ($$$i=(32103210)_5$$$ initially) in you select any number of positions such that for every selected position $$$k$$$ $$$(0 \le k < 8)$$$, put $$$4$$$ into that position $$$(S[i][k] = 4)$$$ then also $$$dist[i] = 0$$$.

Just run a multisource BFS from all those nodes $$$i$$$ whose $$$dist[i] = 0$$$, then every testcase can be answered easily!

That's it!

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Attached my submission here (apologies for unclear and long code), $$$nxt[i][j]$$$ denotes the next $$$mask$$$ (the $$$8$$$ bit number in base $$$5$$$) we get when we perform $$$j^{th}$$$ operation (for example $$$j=0$$$ means AND operation) on mask $$$i$$$. $$$prepow[i]$$$ denotes the value of $$$5^{i}$$$. $$$dist[i]$$$ denotes the min of distance from node $$$i$$$ from all those nodes $$$j$$$ such that $$$dist[j] = 0$$$. Function $$$mask(a,b,c,d,m)$$$ calculates the value of mask given these parameters.

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By ShivanshJ, history, 12 months ago, In English

Many of my friends asked this interesting OA problem to me:

Given an array of strings $$$A$$$ of size $$$N$$$ and two integers $$$B$$$ and $$$C$$$.

Let $$$D$$$ be the number of strings of length $$$C$$$ that contains exactly $$$B$$$ of the strings in $$$A$$$ as substring.

Return $$$D$$$ mod $$$10^9+9$$$.

Constraints

$$$1 \le N \le 6$$$

$$$1 \le |A[i]| \le 50$$$

All the $$$N$$$ strings are distinct

$$$0 \le B \le N$$$

$$$1 \le C \le 50.$$$

Note that if a substring belonging to set $$$A$$$ occurs multiple times in my resulting string, it is counted only once.

My approach:

Let $$$Z$$$ be the size of the alphabet $$$(26)$$$.

Let $$$dp[i][j][k][m]$$$ denote the number of strings satisfying the constraints:

1) It is of length $$$i$$$.

2) The longest suffix present in it which is a proper prefix of some string belonging to set $$$A$$$ is the substring $$$[k...i]$$$ and the string whose proper prefix is the $$$j^{th}$$$ string in set $$$A$$$, in case of multiple such strings in $$$A$$$ choose the one with longest length. In case no such suffix exists, we can put a fake "empty string" at index $$$0$$$ in set $$$A$$$ (rest of the strings are numbered from $$$1$$$ to $$$N$$$) and assume that substring is $$$[i+1 , i]$$$.

3) The substrings (belonging to set $$$A$$$) which has already been occurred is denoted by mask $$$m$$$, more formally, if the $$$w^{th}$$$ string in $$$A$$$ has already occurred, then $$$w^{th}$$$ bit of $$$m$$$ is set, otherwise its not.

I'll write transitions via forward style dp, if I'm adding the $$$(i+1)^{th}$$$ character, then, it might "complete" some substrings, by this I mean, some suffix which was a proper prefix of some string in $$$A$$$ before adding character will now be a complete string belonging to set $$$A$$$. Note that all such strings will be the suffix of that longest suffix.

So, some new bits in mask $$$m$$$ will be set, All this can be calculated, since we already know the longest suffix, in fact lets precalculate, $$$info[i][j][k]$$$ which gives a tuple $$$(bitmask, L, idx)$$$. If we consider the prefix of length $$$j$$$ of $$$i^{th}$$$ string in set $$$A$$$ and add character $$$k$$$ at the end, $$$w^{th}$$$ bit in bitmask is set iff, entire $$$w^{th}$$$ string in $$$A$$$ occurs as a substring in that prefix after adding character $$$k$$$, $$$L$$$ denotes the length of the longest suffix in resulting string (after adding character $$$k$$$) that is a proper prefix of $$$idx^{th}$$$ string in set $$$A$$$, this precomputation can be done naively in $$$O(N*C*Z*N)$$$.

So, after adding $$$(i+1)^{th}$$$ character (denote it by $$$c$$$), new mask is $$$ (m | info[j][i-k+1][c][0])$$$, new length of longest suffix is $$$info[j][i-k+1][c][1]$$$ so, add its contribution towards state $$$dp[i+1][info[j][i-k+1][c][2]][i+2-info[j][i-k+1][c][1]][(m | info[j][i-k+1][c][0])]$$$.

I think the complexity would be $$$O(C*N*C*2^{N}*Z)$$$, which might pass. However, I think I'm overkilling it and there has to be simpler solution. I'm not even sure whether my solution is correct or not.

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By ShivanshJ, history, 19 months ago, In English

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I see various solutions involving segment tree, dp etc. I have a simple solution without using these stuffs, also which works for $$$0\le k \le n$$$.

If your subarray of size $$$m$$$ has $$$z$$$ elements to which $$$x$$$ is added and thus $$$m-z$$$ elements in which $$$x$$$ is subtracted then, the sum of subarray will be $$$s + 2zx - mx$$$. (Here $$$s$$$ is the sum of subarray before doing the operation). Now there are several cases to consider.

If $$$x \geq 0$$$. Then we want $$$2zx$$$ to be as large as possible, so, there are two further subcases

If $$$x \geq 0$$$ and $$$m \leq k$$$. Then, we should choose $$$z = m$$$. Sum $$$= s + mx$$$. To find this over all subarrays, just do the transformation, $$$a[i] = a[i] + x$$$ over all $$$i$$$, then find the maximum subarray sum in $$$a$$$.

If $$$x \geq 0$$$ and $$$m > k$$$. Then, we should choose $$$z = k$$$. Sum $$$= s + 2kx - mx$$$. To find this over all subarrays, just do the transformation, $$$a[i] = a[i] - x$$$ over all $$$i$$$, then find the maximum subarray sum in $$$a$$$ plus $$$2kx$$$.

If $$$x < 0$$$. Then we want $$$z$$$ to be as small as possible, so, there are two further subcases

If $$$x < 0$$$ and $$$n-m \leq k$$$. Then, $$$z$$$ has to be $$$k-n+m$$$. Sum $$$= s + 2x(k-n) + mx$$$. To find this over all subarrays, just do the transformation, $$$a[i] = a[i] + x$$$ over all $$$i$$$, then find the maximum subarray sum in $$$a$$$ plus $$$2x(k-n)$$$.

If $$$x < 0$$$ and $$$n-m > k$$$. Then, we should choose $$$z = 0$$$. Sum $$$= s- mx$$$. To find this over all subarrays, just do the transformation, $$$a[i] = a[i] - x$$$ over all $$$i$$$, then find the maximum subarray sum in $$$a$$$.

That's it! Its a simple solution. You can use deque for $$$O(n)$$$ solution or a multiset for $$$O(nlogn)$$$ solution. I hope you guys find it helpful :)

O(n) solution using deque

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By ShivanshJ, history, 20 months ago, In English

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By ShivanshJ, history, 21 month(s) ago, In English

So, I was doing this this problem and noticed the drastic difference between std::pair and std::vector in C++. I preferred to use std::vector over pairs as I don't have to write .first and .second every time.

Submission using std::vector (GETS TLE) View

Submission using std::pair (GETS AC easily) View

What could be the reason behind it?

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