题目: LeetCode 127. 单词接龙 Word Ladder
给定两个单词(beginWord 和 endWord)和一个字典,找到从 beginWord 到 endWord的最短转换序列的长度。转换需遵循如下规则:
1. 每次转换只能改变一个字母。
2. 转换过程中的中间单词必须是字典中的单词。
说明:
示例 1:
输入:
beginWord = “hit”,
endWord = “cog”,
wordList = [“hot”,“dot”,“dog”,“lot”,“log”,“cog”]输出: 5
解释: 一个最短转换序列是 “hit” -> “hot” -> “dot” -> “dog” -> “cog”, 返回它的长度 5。
示例 2:
输入:
beginWord = “hit”
endWord = “cog”
wordList = [“hot”,“dot”,“dog”,“lot”,“log”]输出: 0
解释: endWord “cog” 不在字典中,所以无法进行转换。
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.LinkedList;
/// BFS
/// Time Complexity: O(n*n)
/// Space Complexity: O(n)
public class Solution {
public int ladderLength(String beginWord, String endWord, List<String> wordList) {
int end = wordList.indexOf(endWord);
if(end == -1)
return 0;
if(!wordList.contains(beginWord))
wordList.add(beginWord);
int begin = wordList.indexOf(beginWord);
int n = wordList.size();
boolean[][] g = new boolean[n][n];
for(int i = 0 ; i < n ; i ++)
for(int j = 0 ; j < i ; j ++)
g[j][i] = g[i][j] = similar(wordList.get(i), wordList.get(j));
// bfs
LinkedList<Integer> q = new LinkedList<>();
int[] step = new int[n];
q.addLast(begin);
step[begin] = 1;
while(!q.isEmpty()){
int cur = q.removeFirst();
for(int i = 0 ; i < n ; i ++)
if(step[i] == 0 && g[cur][i]){
if(i == end)
return step[cur] + 1;
step[i] = step[cur] + 1;
q.addLast(i);
}
}
return 0;
}
private boolean similar(String word1, String word2){
if(word1.length() != word2.length() || word1.equals(word2))
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
int diff = 0;
for(int i = 0 ; i < word1.length() ; i ++)
if(word1.charAt(i) != word2.charAt(i)){
diff ++;
if(diff > 1)
return false;
}
return true;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
ArrayList<String> wordList1 = new ArrayList<String>(
Arrays.asList("hot","dot","dog","lot","log","cog"));
String beginWord1 = "hit";
String endWord1 = "cog";
System.out.println((new Solution()).ladderLength(beginWord1, endWord1, wordList1));
// 5
// ---
ArrayList<String> wordList2 = new ArrayList<String>(
Arrays.asList("a","b","c"));
String beginWord2 = "a";
String endWord2 = "c";
System.out.println((new Solution()).ladderLength(beginWord2, endWord2, wordList2));
// 2
}
}
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import javafx.util.Pair;
/// BFS
/// Using set to store all the words and erase visited word eagerly.
/// Time Complexity: O(n*n)
/// Space Complexity: O(n)
public class Solution2 {
public int ladderLength(String beginWord, String endWord, List<String> wordList) {
HashSet<String> wordSet = new HashSet<>();
for(String word: wordList)
wordSet.add(word);
// bfs
LinkedList<Pair<String, Integer>> q = new LinkedList<>();
q.addLast(new Pair<>(beginWord, 1));
wordSet.remove(beginWord);
HashSet<String> visited = new HashSet<>();
while(!q.isEmpty()){
String curWord = q.getFirst().getKey();
int curStep = q.getFirst().getValue();
q.removeFirst();
visited.clear();
for(String word: wordSet){
if(similar(word, curWord)){
if(word.equals(endWord))
return curStep + 1;
q.addLast(new Pair<>(word, curStep + 1));
visited.add(word);
}
}
for(String word: visited)
wordSet.remove(word);
}
return 0;
}
private boolean similar(String word1, String word2){
if(word1.length() != word2.length() || word1.equals(word2))
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
int diff = 0;
for(int i = 0 ; i < word1.length() ; i ++)
if(word1.charAt(i) != word2.charAt(i)){
diff ++;
if(diff > 1)
return false;
}
return true;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
ArrayList<String> wordList1 = new ArrayList<String>(
Arrays.asList("hot","dot","dog","lot","log","cog"));
String beginWord1 = "hit";
String endWord1 = "cog";
System.out.println((new Solution()).ladderLength(beginWord1, endWord1, wordList1));
// 5
// ---
ArrayList<String> wordList2 = new ArrayList<String>(
Arrays.asList("a","b","c"));
String beginWord2 = "a";
String endWord2 = "c";
System.out.println((new Solution()).ladderLength(beginWord2, endWord2, wordList2));
// 2
}
}
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.LinkedList;
/// Bi-directional BFS
/// Time Complexity: O(n*n)
/// Space Complexity: O(n)
public class Solution3 {
public int ladderLength(String beginWord, String endWord, List<String> wordList) {
int end = wordList.indexOf(endWord);
if(end == -1)
return 0;
if(!wordList.contains(beginWord))
wordList.add(beginWord);
int begin = wordList.indexOf(beginWord);
int n = wordList.size();
boolean[][] g = new boolean[n][n];
for(int i = 0 ; i < n ; i ++)
for(int j = 0 ; j < i ; j ++)
g[j][i] = g[i][j] = similar(wordList.get(i), wordList.get(j));
// bi-derectional-bfs
LinkedList<Integer> qStart = new LinkedList<>();
LinkedList<Integer> qEnd = new LinkedList<>();
int[] stepStart = new int[n];
int[] stepEnd = new int[n];
qStart.addLast(begin);
stepStart[begin] = 1;
qEnd.addLast(end);
stepEnd[end] = 1;
while(!qStart.isEmpty() && !qEnd.isEmpty()){
int curStart = qStart.removeFirst();
int curEnd = qEnd.removeFirst();
for(int i = 0 ; i < n ; i ++) {
if (stepStart[i] == 0 && g[curStart][i]) {
stepStart[i] = stepStart[curStart] + 1;
qStart.addLast(i);
}
}
for(int i = 0 ; i < n ; i ++){
if(stepEnd[i] == 0 && g[curEnd][i]){
stepEnd[i] = stepEnd[curEnd] + 1;
qEnd.addLast(i);
}
}
// check intersection
int res = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
for(int i = 0 ; i < n ; i ++)
if(stepStart[i] != 0 && stepEnd[i] != 0)
res = Integer.min(res, stepStart[i] + stepEnd[i] - 1);
if(res != Integer.MAX_VALUE)
return res;
}
return 0;
}
private boolean similar(String word1, String word2){
if(word1.length() != word2.length() || word1.equals(word2))
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
int diff = 0;
for(int i = 0 ; i < word1.length() ; i ++)
if(word1.charAt(i) != word2.charAt(i)){
diff ++;
if(diff > 1)
return false;
}
return true;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
ArrayList<String> wordList1 = new ArrayList<String>(
Arrays.asList("hot","dot","dog","lot","log","cog"));
String beginWord1 = "hit";
String endWord1 = "cog";
System.out.println((new Solution()).ladderLength(beginWord1, endWord1, wordList1));
// 5
// ---
ArrayList<String> wordList2 = new ArrayList<String>(
Arrays.asList("a","b","c"));
String beginWord2 = "a";
String endWord2 = "c";
System.out.println((new Solution()).ladderLength(beginWord2, endWord2, wordList2));
// 2
}
}
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.HashMap;
/// Bi-directional BFS
/// No need to calculate all pairs similarity
/// Time Complexity: O(n*n)
/// Space Complexity: O(n)
public class Solution4 {
public int ladderLength(String beginWord, String endWord, List<String> wordList) {
if(!wordList.contains(endWord))
return 0;
// bi-derectional-bfs
LinkedList<String> qStart = new LinkedList<>();
LinkedList<String> qEnd = new LinkedList<>();
HashMap<String, Integer> stepStart = new HashMap<>();
HashMap<String, Integer> stepEnd = new HashMap<>();
qStart.addLast(beginWord);
stepStart.put(beginWord, 1);
qEnd.addLast(endWord);
stepEnd.put(endWord, 1);
while(!qStart.isEmpty() && !qEnd.isEmpty()){
String curStartWord = qStart.removeFirst();
String curEndWord = qEnd.removeFirst();
for(String word: wordList){
if(!stepStart.containsKey(word) && similar(word, curStartWord)){
stepStart.put(word, stepStart.get(curStartWord) + 1);
qStart.addLast(word);
}
if(!stepEnd.containsKey(word) && similar(word, curEndWord)){
stepEnd.put(word, stepEnd.get(curEndWord) + 1);
qEnd.addLast(word);
}
}
// check intersection
int res = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
for(String word: wordList)
if(stepStart.containsKey(word) && stepEnd.containsKey(word))
res = Integer.min(res,
stepStart.get(word) + stepEnd.get(word) - 1);
if(res != Integer.MAX_VALUE)
return res;
}
return 0;
}
private boolean similar(String word1, String word2){
if(word1.length() != word2.length() || word1.equals(word2))
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
int diff = 0;
for(int i = 0 ; i < word1.length() ; i ++)
if(word1.charAt(i) != word2.charAt(i)){
diff ++;
if(diff > 1)
return false;
}
return true;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
ArrayList<String> wordList1 = new ArrayList<String>(
Arrays.asList("hot","dot","dog","lot","log","cog"));
String beginWord1 = "hit";
String endWord1 = "cog";
System.out.println((new Solution()).ladderLength(beginWord1, endWord1, wordList1));
// 5
// ---
ArrayList<String> wordList2 = new ArrayList<String>(
Arrays.asList("a","b","c"));
String beginWord2 = "a";
String endWord2 = "c";
System.out.println((new Solution()).ladderLength(beginWord2, endWord2, wordList2));
// 2
}
}