Smallest window that contains all characters of string itself
Last Updated :
03 Jul, 2024
- Given a string, find the smallest window length with all distinct characters of the given string. For eg. str = “aabcbcdbca”, then the result would be 4 as of the smallest window will be “dbca” .
Examples:
Input: aabcbcdbca
Output: dbca
Explanation:
Possible substrings= {aabcbcd, abcbcd,
bcdbca, dbca....}
Of the set of possible substrings 'dbca'
is the shortest substring having all the
distinct characters of given string.
Input: aaab
Output: ab
Explanation:
Possible substrings={aaab, aab, ab}
Of the set of possible substrings 'ab'
is the shortest substring having all
the distinct characters of given string.
Solution: Above problem states that we have to find the smallest window that contains all the distinct characters of the given string even if the smallest string contains repeating elements.
For example, in “aabcbcdb”, the smallest string that contains all the characters is “abcbcd”.
Method 1: This is the Brute Force method of solving the problem using HashMap.
Approach : For solving the problem we first have to find out all the distinct characters present in the string. This can be done using a HashMap. The next thing is to generate all the possible substrings. This follows by checking whether a substring generated has all the required characters(stored in the hash_map) or not. If yes, then compare its length with the minimum substring length which follows the above constraints, found till now.
HashMap: HashMap is a part of Java’s collection since Java 1.2. It provides the basic implementation of the Map interface of Java. It stores the data in (Key, Value) pairs. To access a value one must know its key. HashMap is known as HashMap because it uses a technique called Hashing. Hashing is a technique of converting a large String to small String that represents the same String. A shorter value helps in indexing and faster searches. HashSet also uses HashMap internally. It internally uses a link list to store key-value pairs already explained in HashSet in detail and further articles.
Algorithm :
- Store all distinct characters of the given string in a hash_map.
- Take a variable count and initialize it with value 0.
- Generate the substrings using two pointers.
- Now check whether generated substring is valid or not-:
- As soon we find that the character of the substring generated has not been encountered before, increment count by 1.
- We can use a visited array of max_chars size to find whether the current character has been encountered before or not.
- If count is equal to equal to size of hash_map the substring generated is valid
- If it is a valid substring, compare it with the minimum length substring already generated.
Pseudo Code:
maphash_map;
for ( i=0 to str.length())
hash_map[str[i]]++;//finding all distinct characters of string
minimum_size=INT_MAX
Distinct_chars=hash_map.size()
for(i=0 to str.length())
count=0;
sub_str="";
visited[256]={0};
for(j=i to n)
sub_str+=str[j]
if(visited[str[j]]==0)
count++
visited[str[j]]=1;
if(count==Distinct_chars)
end loop
if(sub_str.length()<minimum_size&&
count==Distinct_chars)
ans=sub_str;
return ans
Implementation:
CPP
// C++ program to find the smallest
// window containing all characters
// of a pattern.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const int MAX_CHARS = 256;
// Function to find smallest window containing
// all distinct characters
string findSubString(string str)
{
int n = str.length();
// Count all distinct characters.
int dist_count = 0;
unordered_map<int, int> hash_map;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
hash_map[str[i]]++;
}
dist_count = hash_map.size();
int size = INT_MAX;
string res;
// Now follow the algorithm discussed in below
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
int count = 0;
int visited[256] = { 0 };
string sub_str = "";
for (int j = i; j < n; j++) {
if (visited[str[j]] == 0) {
count++;
visited[str[j]] = 1;
}
sub_str += str[j];
if (count == dist_count)
break;
}
if (sub_str.length() < size && count == dist_count)
{
res = sub_str;
size=res.length();
}
}
return res;
}
// Driver Code
int main()
{
string str = "aabcbcdbca";
cout << "Smallest window containing all distinct"
" characters is: "
<< findSubString(str);
return 0;
}
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
// Java program to find the smallest
// window containing all characters
// of a pattern.
class GFG
{
// Function to find smallest window containing
// all distinct characters
public static String findSubString(String str)
{
int n = str.length();
// Count all distinct characters.
int dist_count = 0;
HashMap<Character, Integer> mp = new HashMap<>();
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
if (mp.containsKey(str.charAt(i)))
{
Integer a = mp.get(str.charAt(i));
mp.put(str.charAt(i),a+1);
}
else
{
mp.put(str.charAt(i), 1);
}
}
dist_count = mp.size();
int size = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
String res = "";
// Now follow the algorithm discussed in below
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
int count = 0;
int visited[] = new int[256];
for(int j = 0; j < 256; j++)
visited[j] = 0;
String sub_str = "";
for (int j = i; j < n; j++)
{
if (visited[str.charAt(j)] == 0)
{
count++;
visited[str.charAt(j)] = 1;
}
sub_str += str.charAt(j);
if (count == dist_count)
break;
}
if (sub_str.length() < size && count == dist_count)
{
res = sub_str;
size=res.length();
}
}
return res;
}
// Driver code
public static void main (String[] args)
{
String str = "aabcbcdbca";
System.out.println("Smallest window containing all distinct"+
" characters is: "+ findSubString(str)) ;
}
}
// This code is contributed by Manu Pathria
# Python3 code for the same approach
import sys
MAX_CHARS = 256
# Function to find smallest window containing
# all distinct characters
def findSubString(str):
n = len(str)
# Count all distinct characters.
dist_count = 0
hash_map = {}
for i in range(n):
if(str[i] in hash_map):
hash_map[str[i]] = hash_map[str[i]] + 1
else:
hash_map[str[i]] = 1
dist_count = len(hash_map)
size = sys.maxsize
res = 0
# Now follow the algorithm discussed in below
for i in range(n):
count = 0
visited= [0]*(MAX_CHARS)
sub_str = ""
for j in range(i,n):
if (visited[ord(str[j])] == 0):
count += 1
visited[ord(str[j])] = 1
sub_str += str[j]
if (count == dist_count):
break
if (len(sub_str) < size and count == dist_count):
res = sub_str
size = len(res)
return res
# Driver Code
str = "aabcbcdbca"
print(f"Smallest window containing all distinct characters is: {findSubString(str)}")
# This code is contributed by shinjanpatra.
// Include namespace system
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections;
// C# program to find the smallest
// window containing all characters
// of a pattern.
public class GFG
{
// Function to find smallest window containing
// all distinct characters
public static String findSubString(String str)
{
var n = str.Length;
// Count all distinct characters.
var dist_count = 0;
var mp = new Dictionary<char, int>();
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
if (mp.ContainsKey(str[i]))
{
var a = mp[str[i]];
mp[str[i]] = a + 1;
}
else
{
mp[str[i]] = 1;
}
}
dist_count = mp.Count;
var size = int.MaxValue;
var res = "";
// Now follow the algorithm discussed in below
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
var count = 0;
int[] visited = new int[256];
for (int j = 0; j < 256; j++)
{
visited[j] = 0;
}
var sub_str = "";
for (int j = i; j < n; j++)
{
if (visited[str[j]] == 0)
{
count++;
visited[str[j]] = 1;
}
sub_str += str[j];
if (count == dist_count)
{
break;
}
}
if (sub_str.Length < size && count == dist_count)
{
res = sub_str;
size = res.Length;
}
}
return res;
}
// Driver code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
var str = "aabcbcdbca";
Console.WriteLine("Smallest window containing all distinct" + " characters is: " + GFG.findSubString(str));
}
}
// This code is contributed by mukulsomukesh.
<script>
// JavaScript program to find the smallest
// window containing all characters
// of a pattern.
const MAX_CHARS = 256;
// Function to find smallest window containing
// all distinct characters
function findSubString(str)
{
let n = str.length;
// Count all distinct characters.
let dist_count = 0;
let hash_map = new Map();
for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
if(hash_map.has(str[i])){
hash_map.set(str[i],hash_map.get(str[i])+1);
}
else hash_map.set(str[i],1);
}
dist_count = hash_map.size;
let size = Number.MAX_VALUE;
let res;
// Now follow the algorithm discussed in below
for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
let count = 0;
let visited= new Array(MAX_CHARS).fill(0);
let sub_str = "";
for (let j = i; j < n; j++) {
if (visited[str.charCodeAt(j)] == 0) {
count++;
visited[str.charCodeAt(j)] = 1;
}
sub_str += str[j];
if (count == dist_count)
break;
}
if (sub_str.length < size && count == dist_count)
{
res = sub_str;
size = res.length;
}
}
return res;
}
// Driver Code
let str = "aabcbcdbca";
document.write("Smallest window containing all distinct characters is: " + findSubString(str),"</br>");
// This code is contributed by shinjanpatra.
</script>
OutputSmallest window containing all distinct characters is: dbca
Complexity Analysis:
- Time Complexity: O(N^2).
This time is required to generate all possible sub-strings of a string of length “N”. - Space Complexity: O(N).
As a hash_map has been used of size N.
Method 2: Here we have used Sliding Window technique to arrive at the solution. This technique shows how a nested for loop in few problems can be converted to single for loop and hence reducing the time complexity.
Approach: Basically a window of characters is maintained by using two pointers namely start and end. These start and end pointers can be used to shrink and increase the size of window respectively. Whenever the window contains all characters of given string, the window is shrinked from left side to remove extra characters and then its length is compared with the smallest window found so far.
If in the present window, no more characters can be deleted then we start increasing the size of the window using the end until all the distinct characters present in the string are also there in the window. Finally, find the minimum size of each window.
Algorithm :
- Maintain an array (visited) of maximum possible characters (256 characters) and as soon as we find any in the string, mark that index in the array (this is to count all distinct characters in the string).
- Take two pointers start and end which will mark the start and end of window.
- Take a counter=0 which will be used to count distinct characters in the window.
- Now start reading the characters of the given string and if we come across a character which has not been visited yet increment the counter by 1.
- If the counter is equal to total number of distinct characters, Try to shrink the window.
- For shrinking the window -:
- If the frequency of character at start pointer is greater than 1 increment the pointer as it is redundant.
- Now compare the length of present window with the minimum window length.
Implementation:
C++
// C++ program to find the smallest
// window containing all characters
// of a pattern.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const int MAX_CHARS = 256;
// Function to find smallest window containing
// all distinct characters
string findSubString(string str)
{
int n = str.length();
// if string is empty or having one char
if (n <= 1)
return str;
// Count all distinct characters.
int dist_count = 0;
bool visited[MAX_CHARS] = { false };
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
if (visited[str[i]] == false) {
visited[str[i]] = true;
dist_count++;
}
}
// Now follow the algorithm discussed in below
// post. We basically maintain a window of characters
// that contains all characters of given string.
int start = 0, start_index = -1, min_len = INT_MAX;
int count = 0;
int curr_count[MAX_CHARS] = { 0 };
for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
// Count occurrence of characters of string
curr_count[str[j]]++;
// If any distinct character matched,
// then increment count
if (curr_count[str[j]] == 1)
count++;
// if all the characters are matched
if (count == dist_count) {
// Try to minimize the window i.e., check if
// any character is occurring more no. of times
// than its occurrence in pattern, if yes
// then remove it from starting and also remove
// the useless characters.
while (curr_count[str[start]] > 1) {
if (curr_count[str[start]] > 1)
curr_count[str[start]]--;
start++;
}
// Update window size
int len_window = j - start + 1;
if (min_len > len_window) {
min_len = len_window;
start_index = start;
}
}
}
// Return substring starting from start_index
// and length min_len
return str.substr(start_index, min_len);
}
// Driver code
int main()
{
string str = "aabcbcdbca";
cout << "Smallest window containing all distinct"
" characters is: "
<< findSubString(str);
return 0;
}
// Java program to find the smallest window containing
// all characters of a pattern.
import java.util.Arrays;
public class GFG {
static final int MAX_CHARS = 256;
// Function to find smallest window containing
// all distinct characters
static String findSubString(String str)
{
int n = str.length();
// if string is empty or having one char
if (n <= 1)
return str;
// Count all distinct characters.
int dist_count = 0;
boolean[] visited = new boolean[MAX_CHARS];
Arrays.fill(visited, false);
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
if (visited[str.charAt(i)] == false) {
visited[str.charAt(i)] = true;
dist_count++;
}
}
// Now follow the algorithm discussed in below
// post. We basically maintain a window of
// characters that contains all characters of given
// string.
int start = 0, start_index = -1;
int min_len = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
int count = 0;
int[] curr_count = new int[MAX_CHARS];
for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
// Count occurrence of characters of string
curr_count[str.charAt(j)]++;
// If any distinct character matched,
// then increment count
if (curr_count[str.charAt(j)] == 1)
count++;
// if all the characters are matched
if (count == dist_count) {
// Try to minimize the window i.e., check if
// any character is occurring more no. of
// times than its occurrence in pattern, if
// yes then remove it from starting and also
// remove the useless characters.
while (curr_count[str.charAt(start)] > 1) {
if (curr_count[str.charAt(start)] > 1)
curr_count[str.charAt(start)]--;
start++;
}
// Update window size
int len_window = j - start + 1;
if (min_len > len_window) {
min_len = len_window;
start_index = start;
}
}
}
// Return substring starting from start_index
// and length min_len
return str.substring(start_index,
start_index + min_len);
}
// Driver code
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "aabcbcdbca";
System.out.println(
"Smallest window containing all distinct"
+ " characters is: " + findSubString(str));
}
}
// This code is contributed by Sumit Ghosh
# Python program to find the smallest
# window containing
# all characters of a pattern
from collections import defaultdict
MAX_CHARS = 256
# Function to find smallest window
# containing all distinct characters
def findSubString(strr):
n = len(strr)
# if string is empty or having one char
if n <= 1:
return strr
# Count all distinct characters.
dist_count = len(set([x for x in strr]))
curr_count = defaultdict(lambda: 0)
count = 0
start = 0
min_len = n
# Now follow the algorithm discussed in below
# post. We basically maintain a window of characters
# that contains all characters of given string.
for j in range(n):
curr_count[strr[j]] += 1
# If any distinct character matched,
# then increment count
if curr_count[strr[j]] == 1:
count += 1
# Try to minimize the window i.e., check if
# any character is occurring more no. of times
# than its occurrence in pattern, if yes
# then remove it from starting and also remove
# the useless characters.
if count == dist_count:
while curr_count[strr[start]] > 1:
if curr_count[strr[start]] > 1:
curr_count[strr[start]] -= 1
start += 1
# Update window size
len_window = j - start + 1
if min_len > len_window:
min_len = len_window
start_index = start
# Return substring starting from start_index
# and length min_len """
return str(strr[start_index: start_index +
min_len])
# Driver code
if __name__ == '__main__':
print("Smallest window containing "
"all distinct characters is: {}".format(
findSubString("aabcbcdbca")))
# This code is contributed by
# Subhrajit
// C# program to find the smallest window containing
// all characters of a pattern.
using System;
class GFG {
static int MAX_CHARS = 256;
// Function to find smallest window containing
// all distinct characters
static string findSubString(string str)
{
int n = str.Length;
// if string is empty or having one char
if (n <= 1)
return str;
// Count all distinct characters.
int dist_count = 0;
bool[] visited = new bool[MAX_CHARS];
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
if (visited[str[i]] == false) {
visited[str[i]] = true;
dist_count++;
}
}
// Now follow the algorithm discussed in below
// post. We basically maintain a window of
// characters that contains all characters of given
// string.
int start = 0, start_index = -1,
min_len = int.MaxValue;
int count = 0;
int[] curr_count = new int[MAX_CHARS];
for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
// Count occurrence of characters of string
curr_count[str[j]]++;
// If any distinct character matched,
// then increment count
if (curr_count[str[j]] == 1)
count++;
// if all the characters are matched
if (count == dist_count) {
// Try to minimize the window i.e., check if
// any character is occurring more no. of
// times than its occurrence in pattern, if
// yes then remove it from starting and also
// remove the useless characters.
while (curr_count[str[start]] > 1) {
if (curr_count[str[start]] > 1)
curr_count[str[start]]--;
start++;
}
// Update window size
int len_window = j - start + 1;
if (min_len > len_window) {
min_len = len_window;
start_index = start;
}
}
}
// Return substring starting from start_index
// and length min_len
return str.Substring(start_index, min_len);
}
// Driver code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
string str = "aabcbcdbca";
Console.WriteLine(
"Smallest window containing all distinct"
+ " characters is: " + findSubString(str));
}
}
// This code contributed by Rajput-Ji
<script>
// JavaScript program to find the smallest
// window containing all characters
// of a pattern.
const MAX_CHARS = 256;
// Function to find smallest window containing
// all distinct characters
function findSubString(str)
{
let n = str.length;
// if string is empty or having one char
if (n <= 1)
return str;
// Count all distinct characters.
let dist_count = 0;
let visited = new Array(MAX_CHARS).fill(false);
for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
if (visited[str.charCodeAt(i)] == false) {
visited[str.charCodeAt(i)] = true;
dist_count++;
}
}
// Now follow the algorithm discussed in below
// post. We basically maintain a window of characters
// that contains all characters of given string.
let start = 0, start_index = -1, min_len = Number.MAX_VALUE;
let count = 0;
let curr_count = new Array(MAX_CHARS).fill(0);
for (let j = 0; j < n; j++) {
// Count occurrence of characters of string
curr_count[str.charCodeAt(j)]++;
// If any distinct character matched,
// then increment count
if (curr_count[str.charCodeAt(j)] == 1)
count++;
// if all the characters are matched
if (count == dist_count) {
// Try to minimize the window i.e., check if
// any character is occurring more no. of times
// than its occurrence in pattern, if yes
// then remove it from starting and also remove
// the useless characters.
while (curr_count[str.charCodeAt(start)] > 1) {
if (curr_count[str.charCodeAt(start)] > 1)
curr_count[str.charCodeAt(start)]--;
start++;
}
// Update window size
let len_window = j - start + 1;
if (min_len > len_window) {
min_len = len_window;
start_index = start;
}
}
}
// Return substring starting from start_index
// and length min_len
return str.substring(start_index, min_len + start_index);
}
// Driver code
let str = "aabcbcdbca";
document.write("Smallest window containing all distinct characters is: " +
findSubString(str),"</br>");
// This code is contributed by shinjanpatra.
</script>
OutputSmallest window containing all distinct characters is: dbca
Complexity Analysis:
- Time Complexity: O(N).
As the string is traversed using two pointers only once. - Space Complexity: O(1) if we consider character set as constant. We can also say O(MAX_CHARS)
Related Article:
- Length of the smallest sub-string consisting of maximum distinct characters
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Given a string S of length N consisting of lowercase English letters and an integer K. Find the lexicographically smallest string T of length K, such that its set of letters is a subset of the set of letters of S and T is lexicographically greater than S. Note: The set of letters is a set, not a mul
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Minimize length of prefix of string S containing all characters of another string T
Given two string S and T, the task is to find the minimum length prefix from S which consists of all characters of string T. If S does not contain all characters of string T, print -1. Examples: Input: S = "MarvoloGaunt", T = "Tom" Output: 12 Explanation: The 12 length prefix "MarvoloGaunt" contains
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Lexicographically smallest String with unique adjacent characters
Given a string consisting of 'a', 'b', 'c', or '?', you are required to replace the question marks '?' in the string. The goal is to find a replacement that adheres to the following conditions: The string can only contain 'a', 'b', and 'c'.No two consecutive characters in the string can be the same.
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Find the longest cyclic String with no adjacent identical characters
Given an array of size N containing N number of cyclic strings each containing characters 'P' and 'R' in some order. A string is said to be special if there are no pairs of adjacent elements with identical characters, the task is to return the index of the special string with the maximum number of c
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Find length of smallest substring of a given string which contains another string as subsequence
Given two strings A and B, the task is to find the smallest substring of A having B as a subsequence. If there are multiple such substrings in A, return the substring that has the smallest starting index. Examples : Input : A = "abcedbaced" B = "bed"Output : "bced"Explanation : The substring A[2 : 5
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Remove all characters other than alphabets from string
Given a string consisting of alphabets and others characters, remove all the characters other than alphabets and print the string so formed. Examples: Input : $Gee*k;s..fo, r'Ge^eks?Output : GeeksforGeeks Input : P&ra+$BHa;;t*ku, ma$r@@s#in}ghOutput : PraBHatkumarsingh Recommended PracticeRemove
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Smallest String consisting of a String S exactly K times as a Substring
Given a string S of length N and integer K, find the smallest length string which contains the string S as a sub string exactly K times. Examples: Input: S = "abba", K = 3 Output: abbabbabba Explanation: The string "abba" occurs K times in the string abbabbabba, i.e. {abbabbabba, abbabbabba, abbabba
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