Implement regular expression matching with support for '.'
and '*'
.
'.' Matches any single character.
'*' Matches zero or more of the preceding element.
The matching should cover the entire input string (not partial).
The function prototype should be:
bool isMatch(const char *s, const char *p)
Some examples:
isMatch("aa","a") ? false
isMatch("aa","aa") ? true
isMatch("aaa","aa") ? false
isMatch("aa", "a*") ? true
isMatch("aa", ".*") ? true
isMatch("ab", ".*") ? true
isMatch("aab", "c*a*b") ? true
» Solve this problem
待匹配串为S,匹配串为P。
简化问题,假设P中没有'*',那么我们只需要一位一位的比较S和P。
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
if (S[i] != P[i] && P[i] != '.') {
匹配失败;
}
}
匹配成功;
回到原问题,对于S[i]和P[j]:
如果P[j+1]!='*',S[i] == P[j]=>匹配下一位(i+1, j+1),S[i]!=P[j]=>匹配失败;
如果P[j+1]=='*',S[i]==P[j]=>匹配下一位(i+1, j+2)或者(i, j+2),S[i]!=P[j]=>匹配下一位(i,j+2)。
匹配成功的条件为S[i]=='\0' && P[j]=='\0'。
采用递归实现:
class Solution {
public:
bool isMatch(const char *s, const char *p) {
// Start typing your C/C++ solution below
// DO NOT write int main() function
if (*p == '\0') {
return *s == '\0';
}
if (*(p + 1) == '*') {
while (*s != '\0' && (*s == *p || *p == '.')) {
if (isMatch(s, p + 2)) {
return true;
}
s++;
}
return isMatch(s, p + 2);
}
else {
if (*s != '\0' && (*s == *p || *p == '.')) {
return isMatch(s + 1, p + 1);
}
}
return false;
}
};