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Aastha Talwaria
Aastha Talwaria

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Let's split and count

Given a string of letters and we have to find the number of times the string can be splitted in such a way that atleast one the splitted string have equal number of occurance of x and y.


Example:
Let's say string is ayxbx. So possible case are:

  • a and yxbx
  • ay and xbx
  • ayx and bx
  • ayxb and x

Out of these possible cases only 2nd case (ay and xbx) does not satisfy the condition.(ay has 1 'y's and 0 'x's, xbx` has 0 'y's and 2 'x's).


My Approach:

  • Split and count
    `

    function getCount (str){
    let strLength = str.length;
    if(strLength < 2){
        return 0;
    }
    let count = 0,
        firstStringLettersCount = { x: 0, y:0 },
        secondStringLettersCount = { x: 0, y:0 };
    
    for(let i = 0; i < strLength; i++){
        secondStringLettersCount[str[i]] += 1;
    }
    
    for(let i = 0; i < strLength-1 ; i++){
        firstStringLettersCount[str[i]] += 1;
        secondStringLettersCount[str[i]] -= 1;
        if(
            firstStringLettersCount['x'] === firstStringLettersCount['y'] ||
            secondStringLettersCount['x'] === secondStringLettersCount['y']
        ){
            count++;
        }
    }
    return count;
    }
    


    `

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