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Setter: Utkarsh Gupta
Testers: Tejas Pandey and Abhinav sharma
Editorialist: Taranpreet Singh
DIFFICULTY
Cakewalk
PREREQUISITES
None
PROBLEM
Chef invented a modified wordle.
There is a hidden word S and a guess word T, both of length 5.
Chef defines a string M to determine the correctness of the guess word. For the i^{th} index:
- If the guess at the i^{th} index is correct, the i^{th} character of M is \texttt{G}.
- If the guess at the i^{th} index is wrong, the i^{th} character of M is \texttt{B}.
Given the hidden word S and guess T, determine string M.
QUICK EXPLANATION
- Each position is independent. If S_i equals T_i, then we have M_i = \texttt{G}, otherwise M_i = \texttt{B}
- So we can simply iterate over all 5 positions and check this.
EXPLANATION
Observation: Characters at i-th position do not affect characters at any position j \neq i.
This means that we can simply consider S_i and T_i, compare them, and determine M_i based on that. Hence the intended solution is to consider all 5 positions one by one and calculate M_i for each i.
Since the length of string is small, we can implement this either by looping over the string, or by having 5 if-else conditions.
For loop solution
Read S, T
M = ""
for i from 0 to N-1:
if S[i] == T[i]:
M += "G"
else:
M += "B"
print M
TIME COMPLEXITY
The time complexity is O(N) per test case, where N = 5 for this problem.
SOLUTIONS
Setter's Solution
//Utkarsh.25dec
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define ll long long int
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define mod 1000000007
#define vl vector <ll>
#define all(c) (c).begin(),(c).end()
using namespace std;
ll power(ll a,ll b) {ll res=1;a%=mod; assert(b>=0); for(;b;b>>=1){if(b&1)res=res*a%mod;a=a*a%mod;}return res;}
ll modInverse(ll a){return power(a,mod-2);}
const int N=500023;
bool vis[N];
vector <int> adj[N];
long long readInt(long long l,long long r,char endd){
long long x=0;
int cnt=0;
int fi=-1;
bool is_neg=false;
while(true){
char g=getchar();
if(g=='-'){
assert(fi==-1);
is_neg=true;
continue;
}
if('0'<=g && g<='9'){
x*=10;
x+=g-'0';
if(cnt==0){
fi=g-'0';
}
cnt++;
assert(fi!=0 || cnt==1);
assert(fi!=0 || is_neg==false);
assert(!(cnt>19 || ( cnt==19 && fi>1) ));
} else if(g==endd){
if(is_neg){
x= -x;
}
if(!(l <= x && x <= r))
{
cerr << l << ' ' << r << ' ' << x << '\n';
assert(1 == 0);
}
return x;
} else {
assert(false);
}
}
}
string readString(int l,int r,char endd){
string ret="";
int cnt=0;
while(true){
char g=getchar();
assert(g!=-1);
if(g==endd){
break;
}
cnt++;
ret+=g;
}
assert(l<=cnt && cnt<=r);
return ret;
}
long long readIntSp(long long l,long long r){
return readInt(l,r,' ');
}
long long readIntLn(long long l,long long r){
return readInt(l,r,'\n');
}
string readStringLn(int l,int r){
return readString(l,r,'\n');
}
string readStringSp(int l,int r){
return readString(l,r,' ');
}
void solve()
{
string s=readStringLn(5,5);
string t=readStringLn(5,5);
for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
{
if(s[i]==t[i])
cout<<'G';
else
cout<<'B';
}
cout<<'\n';
}
int main()
{
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);
#endif
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(NULL),cout.tie(NULL);
int T=readInt(1,1000,'\n');
while(T--)
solve();
assert(getchar()==-1);
cerr << "Time : " << 1000 * ((double)clock()) / (double)CLOCKS_PER_SEC << "ms\n";
}
Tester's Solution 1
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
#pragma GCC target("avx,avx2,fma")
using namespace std;
/*
------------------------Input Checker----------------------------------
*/
long long readInt(long long l,long long r,char endd){
long long x=0;
int cnt=0;
int fi=-1;
bool is_neg=false;
while(true){
char g=getchar();
if(g=='-'){
assert(fi==-1);
is_neg=true;
continue;
}
if('0'<=g && g<='9'){
x*=10;
x+=g-'0';
if(cnt==0){
fi=g-'0';
}
cnt++;
assert(fi!=0 || cnt==1);
assert(fi!=0 || is_neg==false);
assert(!(cnt>19 || ( cnt==19 && fi>1) ));
} else if(g==endd){
if(is_neg){
x= -x;
}
if(!(l <= x && x <= r))
{
cerr << l << ' ' << r << ' ' << x << '\n';
assert(1 == 0);
}
return x;
} else {
assert(false);
}
}
}
string readString(int l,int r,char endd){
string ret="";
int cnt=0;
while(true){
char g=getchar();
assert(g!=-1);
if(g==endd){
break;
}
cnt++;
ret+=g;
}
assert(l<=cnt && cnt<=r);
return ret;
}
long long readIntSp(long long l,long long r){
return readInt(l,r,' ');
}
long long readIntLn(long long l,long long r){
return readInt(l,r,'\n');
}
string readStringLn(int l,int r){
return readString(l,r,'\n');
}
string readStringSp(int l,int r){
return readString(l,r,' ');
}
/*
------------------------Main code starts here----------------------------------
*/
const int MAX_T = 1000;
const int MAX_XY = 100;
#define ll long long int
#define fast ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0)
long long int sum_len=0;
void solve()
{
string a = readStringLn(5, 5);
string b = readStringLn(5, 5);
for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
cout << (a[i] == b[i]?'G':'B');
cout << "\n";
}
signed main()
{
//fast;
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
//freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
//freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);
#endif
int t = readIntLn(1, MAX_T);
for(int i=1;i<=t;i++)
{
solve();
}
assert(getchar() == -1);
}
Tester's Solution 2
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
/*
------------------------Input Checker----------------------------------
*/
long long readInt(long long l,long long r,char endd){
long long x=0;
int cnt=0;
int fi=-1;
bool is_neg=false;
while(true){
char g=getchar();
if(g=='-'){
assert(fi==-1);
is_neg=true;
continue;
}
if('0'<=g && g<='9'){
x*=10;
x+=g-'0';
if(cnt==0){
fi=g-'0';
}
cnt++;
assert(fi!=0 || cnt==1);
assert(fi!=0 || is_neg==false);
assert(!(cnt>19 || ( cnt==19 && fi>1) ));
} else if(g==endd){
if(is_neg){
x= -x;
}
if(!(l <= x && x <= r))
{
cerr << l << ' ' << r << ' ' << x << '\n';
assert(1 == 0);
}
return x;
} else {
assert(false);
}
}
}
string readString(int l,int r,char endd){
string ret="";
int cnt=0;
while(true){
char g=getchar();
assert(g!=-1);
if(g==endd){
break;
}
cnt++;
ret+=g;
}
assert(l<=cnt && cnt<=r);
return ret;
}
long long readIntSp(long long l,long long r){
return readInt(l,r,' ');
}
long long readIntLn(long long l,long long r){
return readInt(l,r,'\n');
}
string readStringLn(int l,int r){
return readString(l,r,'\n');
}
string readStringSp(int l,int r){
return readString(l,r,' ');
}
/*
------------------------Main code starts here----------------------------------
*/
const int MAX_T = 1e5;
const int MAX_N = 1e5;
const int MAX_SUM_LEN = 1e5;
#define fast ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0)
#define ff first
#define ss second
#define mp make_pair
#define ll long long
#define rep(i,n) for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
#define rev(i,n) for(int i=n;i>=0;i--)
#define rep_a(i,a,n) for(int i=a;i<n;i++)
int sum_n = 0, sum_m = 0;
int max_n = 0, max_m = 0;
int yess = 0;
int nos = 0;
int total_ops = 0;
ll mod = 1000000007;
ll po(ll x, ll n){
ll ans=1;
while(n>0){ if(n&1) ans=(ans*x)%mod; x=(x*x)%mod; n/=2;}
return ans;
}
void solve()
{
string s = readStringLn(5,5);
string t = readStringLn(5,5);
rep(i,5){
cout<<(s[i]==t[i]?'G':'B');
}
cout<<'\n';
}
signed main()
{
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
freopen("input.txt", "r" , stdin);
freopen("output.txt", "w" , stdout);
#endif
fast;
int t = 1;
t = readIntLn(1,1000);
for(int i=1;i<=t;i++)
{
solve();
}
assert(getchar() == -1);
assert(sum_n<=1e5);
cerr<<"SUCCESS\n";
cerr<<"Tests : " << t << '\n';
cerr<<"Sum of lengths : " << sum_n <<'\n';
cerr<<"Maximum length : " << max_n <<'\n';
// cerr<<"Total operations : " << total_ops << '\n';
//cerr<<"Answered yes : " << yess << '\n';
//cerr<<"Answered no : " << nos << '\n';
}
Editorialist's Solution
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
class Main{
//SOLUTION BEGIN
void pre() throws Exception{}
void solve(int TC) throws Exception{
String A = n(), B = n();
StringBuilder ans = new StringBuilder();
int N = A.length();
hold(N == B.length());
for(int i = 0; i< N; i++)ans.append(A.charAt(i) == B.charAt(i)?"G":"B");
pn(ans.toString());
}
//SOLUTION END
void hold(boolean b)throws Exception{if(!b)throw new Exception("Hold right there, Sparky!");}
static boolean multipleTC = true;
FastReader in;PrintWriter out;
void run() throws Exception{
in = new FastReader();
out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
//Solution Credits: Taranpreet Singh
int T = (multipleTC)?ni():1;
pre();for(int t = 1; t<= T; t++)solve(t);
out.flush();
out.close();
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
new Main().run();
}
int bit(long n){return (n==0)?0:(1+bit(n&(n-1)));}
void p(Object o){out.print(o);}
void pn(Object o){out.println(o);}
void pni(Object o){out.println(o);out.flush();}
String n()throws Exception{return in.next();}
String nln()throws Exception{return in.nextLine();}
int ni()throws Exception{return Integer.parseInt(in.next());}
long nl()throws Exception{return Long.parseLong(in.next());}
double nd()throws Exception{return Double.parseDouble(in.next());}
class FastReader{
BufferedReader br;
StringTokenizer st;
public FastReader(){
br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
}
public FastReader(String s) throws Exception{
br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(s));
}
String next() throws Exception{
while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()){
try{
st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
}catch (IOException e){
throw new Exception(e.toString());
}
}
return st.nextToken();
}
String nextLine() throws Exception{
String str = "";
try{
str = br.readLine();
}catch (IOException e){
throw new Exception(e.toString());
}
return str;
}
}
}
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