Easy
Flip Game — Python
Full explanation · Time O(n * (c+1)) · Space O(1)
# Time: O(c * n + n) = O(n * (c+1))
# Space: O(n)
class Solution(object):
def generatePossibleNextMoves(self, s):
"""
:type s: str
:rtype: List[str]
"""
res = []
i, n = 0, len(s) - 1
while i < n: # O(n) time
if s[i] == '+':
while i < n and s[i+1] == '+': # O(c) time
res.append(s[:i] + '--' + s[i+2:]) # O(n) time and space
i += 1
i += 1
return res
# Time: O(c * m * n + n) = O(c * n + n), where m = 2 in this question
# Space: O(n)
# This solution compares O(m) = O(2) times for two consecutive "+", where m is length of the pattern
class Solution2(object):
def generatePossibleNextMoves(self, s):
"""
:type s: str
:rtype: List[str]
"""
return [s[:i] + "--" + s[i+2:] for i in xrange(len(s) - 1) if s[i:i+2] == "++"]