PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
Given a string s and an integer k, return the number of substrings in s of length k with no repeated characters.
SOLUTION
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class Solution {
public int numKLenSubstrNoRepeats(String s, int k) {
int n = s.length();
// If k is greater than the length of the string, it's impossible
// to find substrings of length k with no repeated characters.
if (k > n) return 0;
// Create a HashMap to store characters and their counts in the current window.
Map<Character, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
// Initialize the HashMap for the first k characters in the string.
for (int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
map.put(s.charAt(i), map.getOrDefault(s.charAt(i), 0) + 1);
}
// Initialize two pointers i and j to represent the current window.
int i = 0;
int j = k - 1;
// Initialize a count to keep track of valid substrings found.
int count = 0;
// Iterate through the string while moving the window.
while (j < n) {
// If the size of the HashMap is equal to k, it means we have k unique characters.
if (map.size() == k) {
count++;
}
// Move the window one character to the right.
i++;
j++;
// Remove the leftmost character from the HashMap.
Character leftChar = s.charAt(i - 1);
map.put(leftChar, map.get(leftChar) - 1);
// If the count of the leftmost character in the HashMap becomes 0,
// remove it from the HashMap to maintain uniqueness.
if (map.get(leftChar) == 0) {
map.remove(leftChar);
}
// If j is still within the bounds of the string, add the rightmost
// character to the HashMap.
if (j < n) {
Character rightChar = s.charAt(j);
map.put(rightChar, map.getOrDefault(rightChar, 0) + 1);
}
}
// Return the count of valid substrings found.
return count;
}
}