Codeforces 794C Naming Company(博弈 & 贪心)

 

C. Naming Company

time limit per test

2 seconds

memory limit per test

256 megabytes

input

standard input

output

standard output

Oleg the client and Igor the analyst are good friends. However, sometimes they argue over little things. Recently, they started a new company, but they are having trouble finding a name for the company.

To settle this problem, they've decided to play a game. The company name will consist of n letters. Oleg and Igor each have a set of nletters (which might contain multiple copies of the same letter, the sets can be different). Initially, the company name is denoted by nquestion marks. Oleg and Igor takes turns to play the game, Oleg moves first. In each turn, a player can choose one of the letters c in his set and replace any of the question marks with c. Then, a copy of the letter c is removed from his set. The game ends when all the question marks has been replaced by some letter.

For example, suppose Oleg has the set of letters {i, o, i} and Igor has the set of letters {i, m, o}. One possible game is as follows :

Initially, the company name is ???.

Oleg replaces the second question mark with 'i'. The company name becomes ?i?. The set of letters Oleg have now is {i, o}.

Igor replaces the third question mark with 'o'. The company name becomes ?io. The set of letters Igor have now is {i, m}.

Finally, Oleg replaces the first question mark with 'o'. The company name becomes oio. The set of letters Oleg have now is {i}.

In the end, the company name is oio.

Oleg wants the company name to be as lexicographically small as possible while Igor wants the company name to be as lexicographically large as possible. What will be the company name if Oleg and Igor always play optimally?

A string s = s1s2...sm is called lexicographically smaller than a string t = t1t2...tm (where s ≠ t) if si < ti where i is the smallest index such that si ≠ ti. (so sj = tj for all j < i)

Input

The first line of input contains a string s of length n (1 ≤ n ≤ 3·105). All characters of the string are lowercase English letters. This string denotes the set of letters Oleg has initially.

The second line of input contains a string t of length n. All characters of the string are lowercase English letters. This string denotes the set of letters Igor has initially.

Output

The output should contain a string of n lowercase English letters, denoting the company name if Oleg and Igor plays optimally.

Examples

input

Copy

tinkoff
zscoder

output

Copy

fzfsirk

input

Copy

xxxxxx
xxxxxx

output

Copy

xxxxxx

input

Copy

ioi
imo

output

Copy

ioi

Note

One way to play optimally in the first sample is as follows :

• Initially, the company name is ???????.
• Oleg replaces the first question mark with 'f'. The company name becomes f??????.
• Igor replaces the second question mark with 'z'. The company name becomes fz?????.
• Oleg replaces the third question mark with 'f'. The company name becomes fzf????.
• Igor replaces the fourth question mark with 's'. The company name becomes fzfs???.
• Oleg replaces the fifth question mark with 'i'. The company name becomes fzfsi??.
• Igor replaces the sixth question mark with 'r'. The company name becomes fzfsir?.
• Oleg replaces the seventh question mark with 'k'. The company name becomes fzfsirk.

For the second sample, no matter how they play, the company name will always be xxxxxx.

【题意】有两个选手，每个选手都有一个长度为n的字符串，第一个选手拥有的字符串为s，第二个选手拥有的字符串为t，两个人要为一个公司起一个长度为n的名字，其中两人轮流往没有被放置过字符串的位置放置字符串，其中，第一个选手想让公司名字的字典序尽量小，第二个选手想让公司名字的字典序尽量大。

 

【思路】首先分别对两个字符串进行排序，很明显，当s[i] < t[j]时，应该把s[i]放在最前面，t[j]紧随；当s[i]>=t[j]时，则以后的数组中的元素均满足这个规则（s[]是从小到大取，t[]是从大到小取）,所以讨论该先手放还是后手放以及当前剩余空位置的奇偶。

【代码如下】

 

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

const int N = 3e5+10;
char s[N],t[N],ans[N];

int main(){
    scanf("%s%s",s,t);
    int len = strlen(s);
    sort(s,s+len);
    sort(t,t+len);
    //printf("%s   %s\n",s,t);
    int x = 0, y = len-1;
    int ka=0,kb=len-1;
    for(int i = 0; i < len; i ++){
        if(s[x] >= t[y]){
            int n = (kb-ka+1);
            if(i%2){
                if(n%2){
                    for(int j = ka; j <= kb; j += 2) ans[j] = t[y --];
                    for(int j = ka+1; j <= kb; j += 2) ans[j] = s[x ++];
                }
                else{
                    for(int j = ka+1; j <= kb; j += 2) ans[j] = t[y --];
                    for(int j = ka; j <= kb; j += 2) ans[j] = s[x ++];
                }

            }
            else{
                if(n%2){
                    for(int j = ka; j <= kb; j += 2) ans[j] = s[x++];
                    for(int j = ka+1; j <= kb; j += 2) ans[j] = t[y --];
                }
                else{
                    for(int j = ka; j <= kb; j += 2) ans[j] = t[y --];
                    for(int j = ka+1; j <= kb; j += 2) ans[j] = s[x ++];
                }
            }
            break;
        }
        else{
            if(i%2) ans[ka ++] = t[y --];
            else ans[ka ++] = s[x ++];
        }
        if(ka>kb) break;
    }
    for(int i = 0; i < len; i ++) printf("%c",ans[i]); puts("");
    return 0;
}