Queries for characters in a repeated string in C++

In this problem, we are given a string str and Q queries consisting of two values a and b. Our task is to create a program to solve Queries for characters in a repeated string in C++.

Problem Description

To solve each query, we need to check whether the characters at index a and b are the same and return the value accordingly.

Let’s take an example to understand the problem,

Input: str = “tutorialspoint”

Q = 2

Query = {{0, 2}, {4, 7}}

Output:Repeated

Not Repeated

Explanation

For Query 1, the character at index 0 is t, and the character at index 2 is t. Both are the same characters.

For Query 1, the character at index 4 is r, and the character at index 7 is l. Both are not the same characters.

Solution Approach

To solve the problem, we will simply check for the equivalence of the elements at index a and b. If any index is greater than the length of string, be will find the value of (index%len), to get the character’s index. And the user the new index for comparison.

Example

 Live Demo

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
bool isrepeated(string str, int len, int a, int b){
   if(a > len)
      a %= len;
   if(b > len)
      b %= len;
   if(str[a] == str[b])
      return true;
   else
     return false;
}
int main(){
   string str = "tutorialspoint";
   int len = str.length();
   int Q = 3;
   int query[Q][2] = {{0, 2}, {3, 32}, {5, 18}};
   for(int i = 0; i < Q; i++){
      if(isrepeated(str, len, query[i][0], query[i][1]))
         cout<<"Character is repeated in both the index values"<<endl;
      else
         cout<<"Character is not repeated in both the index values"<<endl;
   }
   return 0;
}

Output

Character is repeated in both the index values
Character is not repeated in both the index values
Character is not repeated in both the index values