3271. Hash Divided String

Description

You are given a string s of length n and an integer k, where n is a multiple of k. Your task is to hash the string s into a new string called result, which has a length of n / k.

First, divide s into n / k substrings, each with a length of k. Then, initialize result as an empty string.

For each substring in order from the beginning:

The hash value of a character is the index of that character in the English alphabet (e.g., 'a' → 0, 'b' → 1, ..., 'z' → 25).
Calculate the sum of all the hash values of the characters in the substring.
Find the remainder of this sum when divided by 26, which is called hashedChar.
Identify the character in the English lowercase alphabet that corresponds to hashedChar.
Append that character to the end of result.

Return result.

Example 1:

Input: s = "abcd", k = 2

Output: "bf"

Explanation:

First substring: "ab", 0 + 1 = 1, 1 % 26 = 1, result[0] = 'b'.

Second substring: "cd", 2 + 3 = 5, 5 % 26 = 5, result[1] = 'f'.

Example 2:

Input: s = "mxz", k = 3

Output: "i"

Explanation:

The only substring: "mxz", 12 + 23 + 25 = 60, 60 % 26 = 8, result[0] = 'i'.

Constraints:

1 <= k <= 100
k <= s.length <= 1000
s.length is divisible by k.
s consists only of lowercase English letters.

Solutions

Solution 1: Simulation

We can simulate the process according to the steps described in the problem.

Traverse the string $s$, and each time take $k$ characters, calculate the sum of their hash values, denoted as $t$. Then, take $t$ modulo $26$ to find the corresponding character and add it to the end of the result string.

Finally, return the result string.

The time complexity is $O(n)$, where $n$ is the length of the string $s$. Ignoring the space consumption of the answer string, the space complexity is $O(1)$.

Python3JavaC++GoTypeScript

class Solution:
    def stringHash(self, s: str, k: int) -> str:
        ans = []
        for i in range(0, len(s), k):
            t = 0
            for j in range(i, i + k):
                t += ord(s[j]) - ord("a")
            hashedChar = t % 26
            ans.append(chr(ord("a") + hashedChar))
        return "".join(ans)

class Solution {
    public String stringHash(String s, int k) {
        StringBuilder ans = new StringBuilder();
        int n = s.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i += k) {
            int t = 0;
            for (int j = i; j < i + k; ++j) {
                t += s.charAt(j) - 'a';
            }
            int hashedChar = t % 26;
            ans.append((char) ('a' + hashedChar));
        }
        return ans.toString();
    }
}

class Solution {
public:
    string stringHash(string s, int k) {
        string ans;
        int n = s.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i += k) {
            int t = 0;
            for (int j = i; j < i + k; ++j) {
                t += s[j] - 'a';
            }
            int hashedChar = t % 26;
            ans += ('a' + hashedChar);
        }
        return ans;
    }
};

func stringHash(s string, k int) string {
    n := len(s)
    ans := make([]byte, 0, n/k)

    for i := 0; i < n; i += k {
        t := 0
        for j := i; j < i+k; j++ {
            t += int(s[j] - 'a')
        }
        hashedChar := t % 26
        ans = append(ans, 'a'+byte(hashedChar))
    }

    return string(ans)
}

function stringHash(s: string, k: number): string {
    const ans: string[] = [];
    const n: number = s.length;

    for (let i = 0; i < n; i += k) {
        let t: number = 0;
        for (let j = i; j < i + k; j++) {
            t += s.charCodeAt(j) - 97;
        }
        const hashedChar: number = t % 26;
        ans.push(String.fromCharCode(97 + hashedChar));
    }

    return ans.join('');
}

3271. Hash Divided String

Description

Solutions

Solution 1: Simulation

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