[topcoder]HappyLetterDiv2

时间:2023-03-08 21:12:57

http://community.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=13245

就是有字符串,里面的字符可以随意两两消除,如果不等的话,那么最后如果留下一个字符,这个字符就是winning letter。如果任意方法消除都是这个winning letter,叫做happy letter。求happy letter是否存在。题目其实就是找众数。要注意的是求完了还要扫一遍是不是大于length/2。

#include <string>

using namespace std;

class HappyLetterDiv2 {
public:
char getHappyLetter(string letters)
{
char ch = letters[0];
int count = 1;
int n = letters.size();
for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
{
if (count > 0 && letters[i] != ch)
{
count--;
}
else // count == 0 || letters[i] == ch
{
count++;
ch = letters[i];
}
}
count = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
if (letters[i] == ch)
count++;
}
if (count > n / 2)
return ch;
else
return '.';
}
};