Menor Palíndromo após substituição

Dada uma string que possui alguns caracteres alfabéticos minúsculos e um caractere especial ponto (.). Precisamos substituir todos os pontos por algum caractere do alfabeto de tal forma que a string resultante se torne um palíndromo. No caso de muitas substituições possíveis, precisamos escolher a string do palíndromo que seja lexicograficamente menor. Se não for possível converter string em palíndromo após todas as substituições possíveis, a saída Não é possível. 

Exemplos:  

Input : str = ab..e.c.a Output : abcaeacba The smallest palindrome which can be made after replacement is 'abcaeacba' We replaced first dot with 'c' second dot with 'a' third dot with 'a' and fourth dot with 'b' Input : str = ab..e.c.b Output : Not Possible It is not possible to convert above string into palindrome 

Podemos resolver este problema da seguinte maneira: Como a string resultante precisa ser um palíndromo, podemos verificar o par de caracteres que não são pontos no início, se eles não corresponderem, o retorno direto não é possível porque podemos colocar o novo caractere na posição dos pontos, mas não em qualquer outro lugar. 

Depois disso, iteramos sobre os caracteres da string se o caractere atual for um ponto, então verificamos seu caractere emparelhado (caractere na (n - i -1)-ésima posição). Se esse caractere também for um ponto, podemos substituir ambos os caracteres por 'a' porque 'a' é o menor alfabeto minúsculo, o que garantirá a menor string lexicográfica no final, substituindo ambos por qualquer outro caractere, resultará em uma string palindrômica lexicograficamente maior. Em outro caso, se o caractere emparelhado não for um ponto, para criar uma string palíndromo, devemos substituir o caractere atual pelo seu caractere emparelhado. 

So in short If both 'i' and 'n- i- 1' are dot replace them by ‘a’ If one of them is a dot character replace that by other non-dot character 

O procedimento acima nos fornece a menor string de palíndromo lexicograficamente. 

Implementação:

C++
   // C++ program to get lexicographically smallest   // palindrome string   #include          using     namespace     std  ;   // Utility method to check str is possible palindrome   // after ignoring .   bool     isPossiblePalindrome  (  string     str  )   {      int     n     =     str  .  length  ();      for     (  int     i  =  0  ;     i   <  n  /  2  ;     i  ++  )      {      /* If both left and right character are not    dot and they are not equal also then it    is not possible to make this string a    palindrome */      if     (  str  [  i  ]     !=     '.'     &&      str  [  n  -  i  -1  ]     !=     '.'     &&      str  [  i  ]     !=     str  [  n  -  i  -1  ])      return     false  ;      }      return     true  ;   }   // Returns lexicographically smallest palindrom   // string if possible   string     smallestPalindrome  (  string     str  )   {      if     (  !  isPossiblePalindrome  (  str  ))      return     'Not Possible'  ;      int     n     =     str  .  length  ();      // loop through character of string      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     n  ;     i  ++  )      {      if     (  str  [  i  ]     ==     '.'  )      {      // if one of character is dot replace dot      // with other character      if     (  str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ]     !=     '.'  )      str  [  i  ]     =     str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ];      // if both character are dot then replace      // them with smallest character 'a'      else      str  [  i  ]     =     str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ]     =     'a'  ;      }      }      // return the result      return     str  ;   }   // Driver code to test above methods   int     main  ()   {      string     str     =     'ab..e.c.a'  ;      cout      < <     smallestPalindrome  (  str  )      < <     endl  ;      return     0  ;   }   
Java
   // Java program to get lexicographically    // smallest palindrome string   class   GFG      {   // Utility method to check str is   // possible palindrome after ignoring   static     boolean     isPossiblePalindrome  (  char     str  []  )   {   int     n     =     str  .  length  ;   for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     n     /     2  ;     i  ++  )   {      /* If both left and right character     are not dot and they are not     equal also then it is not     possible to make this string a    palindrome */      if     (  str  [  i  ]     !=     '.'     &&      str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ]     !=     '.'     &&      str  [  i  ]     !=     str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ]  )      return     false  ;   }   return     true  ;   }   // Returns lexicographically smallest    // palindrome string if possible   static     void     smallestPalindrome  (  char     str  []  )   {   if     (  !  isPossiblePalindrome  (  str  ))      System  .  out  .  println  (  'Not Possible'  );   int     n     =     str  .  length  ;   // loop through character of string   for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     n  ;     i  ++  )   {      if     (  str  [  i  ]     ==     '.'  )      {      // if one of character is dot       // replace dot with other character      if     (  str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ]     !=     '.'  )      str  [  i  ]     =     str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ]  ;      // if both character are dot       // then replace them with       // smallest character 'a'      else      str  [  i  ]     =     str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ]     =     'a'  ;      }   }   // return the result   for  (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     n  ;     i  ++  )      System  .  out  .  print  (  str  [  i  ]     +     ''  );   }   // Driver code   public     static     void     main  (  String  []     args  )   {      String     str     =     'ab..e.c.a'  ;      char  []     s     =     str  .  toCharArray  ();      smallestPalindrome  (  s  );   }   }   // This code is contributed    // by ChitraNayal   
Python 3
   # Python 3 program to get lexicographically    # smallest palindrome string   # Utility method to check str is    # possible palindrome after ignoring    def   isPossiblePalindrome  (  str  ):   n   =   len  (  str  )   for   i   in   range  (  n   //   2  ):   # If both left and right character    # are not dot and they are not    # equal also then it is not possible    # to make this string a palindrome    if   (  str  [  i  ]   !=   '.'   and   str  [  n   -   i   -   1  ]   !=   '.'   and   str  [  i  ]   !=   str  [  n   -   i   -   1  ]):   return   False   return   True   # Returns lexicographically smallest   # palindrome string if possible   def   smallestPalindrome  (  str  ):   if   (  not   isPossiblePalindrome  (  str  )):   return   'Not Possible'   n   =   len  (  str  )   str   =   list  (  str  )   # loop through character of string   for   i   in   range  (  n  ):   if   (  str  [  i  ]   ==   '.'  ):   # if one of character is dot    # replace dot with other character   if   (  str  [  n   -   i   -   1  ]   !=   '.'  ):   str  [  i  ]   =   str  [  n   -   i   -   1  ]   # if both character are dot    # then replace them with    # smallest character 'a'   else  :   str  [  i  ]   =   str  [  n   -   i   -   1  ]   =   'a'   # return the result   return   str   # Driver code   if   __name__   ==   '__main__'  :   str   =   'ab..e.c.a'   print  (  ''  .  join  (  smallestPalindrome  (  str  )))   # This code is contributed by ChitraNayal   
C#
   // C# program to get lexicographically    // smallest palindrome string   using     System  ;   public     class     GFG         {      // Utility method to check str is      // possible palindrome after ignoring      static     bool     isPossiblePalindrome  (  char     []  str  )      {      int     n     =     str  .  Length  ;      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     n     /     2  ;     i  ++  )      {      /* If both left and right character     are not dot and they are not     equal also then it is not     possible to make this string a    palindrome */      if     (  str  [  i  ]     !=     '.'     &&      str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ]     !=     '.'     &&      str  [  i  ]     !=     str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ])      return     false  ;      }      return     true  ;      }      // Returns lexicographically smallest       // palindrome string if possible      static     void     smallestPalindrome  (  char     []  str  )      {      if     (  !  isPossiblePalindrome  (  str  ))      Console  .  WriteLine  (  'Not Possible'  );      int     n     =     str  .  Length  ;      // loop through character of string      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     n  ;     i  ++  )      {      if     (  str  [  i  ]     ==     '.'  )      {      // if one of character is dot       // replace dot with other character      if     (  str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ]     !=     '.'  )      str  [  i  ]     =     str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ];      // if both character are dot       // then replace them with       // smallest character 'a'      else      str  [  i  ]     =     str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ]     =     'a'  ;      }      }      // return the result      for  (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     n  ;     i  ++  )      Console  .  Write  (  str  [  i  ]     +     ''  );      }      // Driver code      public     static     void     Main  ()      {      String     str     =     'ab..e.c.a'  ;      char  []     s     =     str  .  ToCharArray  ();      smallestPalindrome  (  s  );      }   }   // This code is contributed by PrinciRaj1992   
PHP
      // PHP program to get lexicographically   // smallest palindrome string   // Utility method to check str is   // possible palindrome after ignoring   function   isPossiblePalindrome  (  $str  )   {   $n   =   strlen  (  $str  );   for   (  $i   =   0  ;   $i    <   $n   /   2  ;   $i  ++  )   {   /* If both left and right     character are not dot and     they are not equal also then     it is not possible to make this     string a palindrome */   if   (  $str  [  $i  ]   !=   '.'   &&   $str  [  $n   -   $i   -   1  ]   !=   '.'   &&   $str  [  $i  ]   !=   $str  [  $n   -   $i   -   1  ])   return   false  ;   }   return   true  ;   }   // Returns lexicographically smallest    // palindrome string if possible   function   smallestPalindrome  (  $str  )   {   if   (  !  isPossiblePalindrome  (  $str  ))   return   'Not Possible'  ;   $n   =   strlen  (  $str  );   // loop through character of string   for   (  $i  =   0  ;   $i    <   $n  ;   $i  ++  )   {   if   (  $str  [  $i  ]   ==   '.'  )   {   // if one of character is dot    // replace dot with other character   if   (  $str  [  $n   -   $i   -   1  ]   !=   '.'  )   $str  [  $i  ]   =   $str  [  $n   -   $i   -   1  ];   // if both character are dot    // then replace them with    // smallest character 'a'   else   $str  [  $i  ]   =   $str  [  $n   -   $i   -   1  ]   =   'a'  ;   }   }   // return the result   return   $str  ;   }   // Driver code   $str   =   'ab..e.c.a'  ;   echo   smallestPalindrome  (  $str  );   // This code is contributed    // by ChitraNayal   ?>   
JavaScript
    <  script  >   // Javascript program to get lexicographically    // smallest palindrome string          // Utility method to check str is      // possible palindrome after ignoring      function     isPossiblePalindrome  (  str  )      {      let     n     =     str  .  length  ;      for     (  let     i     =     0  ;     i      <     Math  .  floor  (  n     /     2  );     i  ++  )      {      /* If both left and right character     are not dot and they are not     equal also then it is not     possible to make this string a    palindrome */      if     (  str  [  i  ]     !=     '.'     &&      str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ]     !=     '.'     &&      str  [  i  ]     !=     str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ])      return     false  ;      }          return     true  ;      }          // Returns lexicographically smallest       // palindrome string if possible      function     smallestPalindrome  (  str  )      {      if     (  !  isPossiblePalindrome  (  str  ))      document  .  write  (  'Not Possible'  );          let     n     =     str  .  length  ;          // loop through character of string      for     (  let     i     =     0  ;     i      <     n  ;     i  ++  )      {      if     (  str  [  i  ]     ==     '.'  )      {      // if one of character is dot       // replace dot with other character      if     (  str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ]     !=     '.'  )      str  [  i  ]     =     str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ];          // if both character are dot       // then replace them with       // smallest character 'a'      else      str  [  i  ]     =     str  [  n     -     i     -     1  ]     =     'a'  ;      }      }          // return the result      for  (  let     i     =     0  ;     i      <     n  ;     i  ++  )      document  .  write  (  str  [  i  ]     +     ''  );          }          // Driver code      let     str  =  'ab..e.c.a'  ;      let     s     =     str  .  split  (  ''  );      smallestPalindrome  (  s  );          // This code is contributed by rag2127        <  /script>   

Saída
abcaeacba 

Complexidade de tempo: O(n) onde n é o comprimento da string.
Complexidade do Espaço Auxiliar: O(1)