2109. Adding Spaces to a String
Description
You are given a 0-indexed string s
and a 0-indexed integer array spaces
that describes the indices in the original string where spaces will be added. Each space should be inserted before the character at the given index.
- For example, given
s = "EnjoyYourCoffee"
andspaces = [5, 9]
, we place spaces before'Y'
and'C'
, which are at indices5
and9
respectively. Thus, we obtain"Enjoy Your Coffee"
.
Return the modified string after the spaces have been added.
Example 1:
Input: s = "LeetcodeHelpsMeLearn", spaces = [8,13,15] Output: "Leetcode Helps Me Learn" Explanation: The indices 8, 13, and 15 correspond to the underlined characters in "LeetcodeHelpsMeLearn". We then place spaces before those characters.
Example 2:
Input: s = "icodeinpython", spaces = [1,5,7,9] Output: "i code in py thon" Explanation: The indices 1, 5, 7, and 9 correspond to the underlined characters in "icodeinpython". We then place spaces before those characters.
Example 3:
Input: s = "spacing", spaces = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6] Output: " s p a c i n g" Explanation: We are also able to place spaces before the first character of the string.
Constraints:
1 <= s.length <= 3 * 105
s
consists only of lowercase and uppercase English letters.1 <= spaces.length <= 3 * 105
0 <= spaces[i] <= s.length - 1
- All the values of
spaces
are strictly increasing.
Solutions
Solution 1: Two Pointers
We can use two pointers $i$ and $j$ to point to the beginning of the string $s$ and the array $\textit{spaces}$, respectively. Then, we iterate through the string $s$ from the beginning to the end. When $i$ equals $\textit{spaces}[j]$, we add a space to the result string, and then increment $j$ by $1$. Next, we add $s[i]$ to the result string, and then increment $i$ by $1$. We continue this process until we have iterated through the entire string $s$.
The time complexity is $O(n + m)$, and the space complexity is $O(n + m)$, where $n$ and $m$ are the lengths of the string $s$ and the array $spaces$, respectively.
Python3
class Solution:
def addSpaces(self, s: str, spaces: List[int]) -> str:
ans = []
j = 0
for i, c in enumerate(s):
if j < len(spaces) and i == spaces[j]:
ans.append(' ')
j += 1
ans.append(c)
return ''.join(ans)
Java
class Solution {
public String addSpaces(String s, int[] spaces) {
StringBuilder ans = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0, j = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) {
if (j < spaces.length && i == spaces[j]) {
ans.append(' ');
++j;
}
ans.append(s.charAt(i));
}
return ans.toString();
}
}
C++
class Solution {
public:
string addSpaces(string s, vector<int>& spaces) {
string ans = "";
for (int i = 0, j = 0; i < s.size(); ++i) {
if (j < spaces.size() && i == spaces[j]) {
ans += ' ';
++j;
}
ans += s[i];
}
return ans;
}
};
Go
func addSpaces(s string, spaces []int) string {
var ans []byte
for i, j := 0, 0; i < len(s); i++ {
if j < len(spaces) && i == spaces[j] {
ans = append(ans, ' ')
j++
}
ans = append(ans, s[i])
}
return string(ans)
}
TypeScript
function addSpaces(s: string, spaces: number[]): string {
const ans: string[] = [];
for (let i = 0, j = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
if (i === spaces[j]) {
ans.push(' ');
j++;
}
ans.push(s[i]);
}
return ans.join('');
}