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HackerEarth Sonya and string shifts problem solution

YASH PAL, 31 July 202414 February 2026
In this HackerEarth Sonya and string shifts problem solution Pussycat Sonya has a string S of length N. And she’s asked Q queries of form: What is the minimal number of circular shifts in left direction of string S she needs to perform to get lexicographically smallest string, if she can do Ki such shifts at most?
 
 
HackerEarth Sonya and string shifts problem solution

 

 

HackerEarth Sonya and string shifts problem solution.

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

const int INF = 2e9;
const int N = (int)1e6 + 9;
const int alphabet = 26;

char s[N];
int p[N], cnt[N], c[N], pn[N], cn[N], ans[N];
vector<int> v[N];

int main() {
int n;
scanf("%dn", &n);
gets(s);
memset(cnt, 0, alphabet * sizeof(int));
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
++cnt[s[i] - 'a'];
}
for (int i = 1; i < alphabet; ++i) {
cnt[i] += cnt[i - 1];
}
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
p[--cnt[s[i] - 'a']] = i;
}
c[p[0]] = 0;
int classes = 1;
for (int i = 1; i < n; ++i) {
if (s[p[i]] != s[p[i - 1]]) {
++classes;
}
c[p[i]] = classes - 1;
}
for (int h = 0; (1 << h) < n; ++h) {
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
pn[i] = p[i] - (1 << h);
if (pn[i] < 0) {
pn[i] += n;
}
}
memset(cnt, 0, classes * sizeof(int));
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
++cnt[c[pn[i]]];
}
for (int i = 1; i < classes; ++i) {
cnt[i] += cnt[i - 1];
}
for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
p[--cnt[c[pn[i]]]] = pn[i];
}
cn[p[0]] = 0;
classes = 1;
for (int i = 1; i < n; ++i) {
int mid1 = (p[i] + (1 << h)) % n;
int mid2 = (p[i - 1] + (1 << h)) % n;
if (c[p[i]] != c[p[i - 1]] || c[mid1] != c[mid2]) {
++classes;
}
cn[p[i]] = classes - 1;
}
memcpy(c, cn, n * sizeof(int));
}
vector<int> minShifts;
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
if (minShifts.empty() || minShifts.back() > p[i]) {
minShifts.push_back(p[i]);
}
}
int q;
scanf("%d", &q);
for (int i = 0; i < q; ++i) {
int k;
scanf("%d", &k);
v[k].push_back(i);
}
int cur = INF;
for (int k = 0; k < n; ++k) {
while (!minShifts.empty() && minShifts.back() <= k) {
cur = minShifts.back();
minShifts.pop_back();
}
for (int i = 0; i < v[k].size(); ++i) {
ans[v[k][i]] = cur;
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < q; ++i) {
printf("%dn", ans[i]);
}
return 0;
}
 

Second solution

#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <queue>
#include <stack>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <cstring>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cmath>
#include <string>
#include <memory.h>
#include <sstream>
#include <complex>

#define REP(i,n) for(int i = 0, _n = (n); i < _n; i++)
#define REPD(i,n) for(int i = (n) - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define FOR(i,a,b) for (int i = (a), _b = (b); i <= _b; i++)
#define FORD(i,a,b) for (int i = (a), _b = (b); i >= _b; i--)
#define FORN(i,a,b) for(int i=a;i<b;i++)
#define FOREACH(it,c) for (__typeof((c).begin()) it=(c).begin();it!=(c).end();it++)
#define RESET(c,x) memset (c, x, sizeof (c))

#define sqr(x) ((x) * (x))
#define PB push_back
#define MP make_pair
#define F first
#define S second
#define Aint(c) (c).begin(), (c).end()
#define SIZE(c) (c).size()

#define DEBUG(x) { cerr << #x << " = " << x << endl; }
#define PR(a,n) {cerr<<#a<<" = "; FOR(_,1,n) cerr << a[_] << ' '; cerr <<endl;}
#define PR0(a,n) {cerr<<#a<<" = ";REP(_,n) cerr << a[_] << ' '; cerr << endl;}
#define ll long long
using namespace std;

const double PI = 2.0 * acos (0.0);

typedef pair <int, int> PII;


#define SZ(x) ((int)(x.size()))

#define maxn 2000009
#define maxlogn 22

string s;
int n;
int sa[maxn],tam[maxn],inv[maxn],key[maxn],lcp[maxn],posa[maxn],myrank[maxn];
int rmq[maxn][maxlogn],LOG[maxn];
int ans[maxn];

void initSA() {
int i,h,x;
memset(tam,0,sizeof(tam));
FOR(i,1,n) tam[s[i]]++;
FOR(i,1,256) tam[i] += tam[i-1];
cout << n << " done" << endl;
FORD(i,n,1) sa[tam[s[i]]--] = i;
x = 0;
posa[0] = 1;
key[sa[1]] = 0;
FOR(i,2,n) {
if (s[sa[i]] != s[sa[i-1]]) posa[++x] = i;
key[sa[i]] = x;
}
h = 1;
while (h < n) {

FOR(i,1,n) tam[i]=sa[i];

FOR(i,1,n) if (tam[i] > h) {
x = tam[i] - h;
sa[posa[key[x]]] = x;
posa[key[x]]++;
}

x = 0;
posa[0] = 1;
tam[sa[1]] = 0;
FOR(i,2,n) {
if ((key[sa[i-1]] < key[sa[i]]) || ((key[sa[i-1]] == key[sa[i]]) && (sa[i-1] + h <=n) && (sa[i] + h <= n) && (key[sa[i-1] + h] < key[sa[i] + h])))
posa[++x] = i;
tam[sa[i]] = x;
}
FOR(i,1,n) key[i] = tam[i];
if (x == n-1) break;
h = h << 1;
}

FOR(i,1,n) myrank[sa[i]]=i;
}

void initLCP() {
int i,j,h = 0,x;
s[n + 1] = 0;
int result = 0;
FOR(i,1,n) inv[sa[i]] = i;
FOR(i,1,n)
if (inv[i] == 1) lcp[1] = 0;
else {
x = inv[i];
j = sa[x - 1];
while (s[j + h] == s[i + h]) h++;
lcp[x] = h;
if (h > 0) h--;
}
}

void initRMQ() {
LOG[1]=0;
FOR(i,2,n) if((1<<(LOG[i-1]+1))==i) LOG[i]=LOG[i-1]+1; else LOG[i]=LOG[i-1];

FOR(i,1,n) rmq[i][0]=lcp[i];

FOR(j,1,LOG[n]) {
FOR(i,1,n-(1<<j)+1) {
rmq[i][j]=min(rmq[i][j-1],rmq[i+(1<<(j-1))][j-1]);
}
}
}

int getRMQ(int x,int y) {
int len=LOG[y-x+1];
return min(rmq[x][len],rmq[y-(1<<len)+1][len]);
}

int getLCP(int x,int y) {
x=myrank[x];
y=myrank[y];
if(x==y) return n-x+1;
if(x>y) swap(x,y);
return getRMQ(x+1,y);
}

int main() {

ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

int N,q;

cin >> N >> s >> q;
s = " " + s;
n=s.length();

initSA();
initLCP();
initRMQ();

int curind=1,curmin=inv[1];
for(int i=2; i<=N; i++){
if(inv[i]<curmin){
if(getLCP(inv[i], curmin) < N)
curind=i,curmin=inv[i];
}
ans[i]=curind;
}
for(int i=0; i<q; i++){
int x;
cin >> x;
printf("%dn",max(0,ans[x+1]-1));
}

}
 
 
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