Check if String Is Decomposable Into Value-Equal Substrings — LeetCode 1933 Python Solution

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Problem
#1933
Pattern
Hash Map
Reading time
2 min

The problem

A value-equal string is a string where all characters are the same. For example, "1111" and "33" are value-equal strings.

Example

Input
s = "000111000"
Output
false
Explanation
s cannot be decomposed according to the rules because ["000", "111", "000"] does not have a substring of length 2.

Python solution

Python
class Solution:
    def isDecomposable(self, s: str) -> bool:
        cnt2 = 0
        for _, g in groupby(s):
            m = len(list(g))
            if m % 3 == 1:
                return False
            cnt2 += m % 3 == 2
            if cnt2 > 1:
                return False
        return cnt2 == 1

Complexity

MeasureComplexity
TimeO(n), where n is the length of the string s
SpaceO(1) auxiliary

Pattern: Hash Map

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