JavaAlgorithms/Strings/WordLadder.java
2021-10-16 16:43:51 +03:00

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Java

package Strings;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.Queue;
import java.util.HashSet;
/*
**Problem Statement:**
A transformation sequence from word beginWord to word endWord using a dictionary wordList is a sequence of words beginWord -> s1 -> s2 -> ... -> sk such that:
Every adjacent pair of words differs by a single letter.
Every si for 1 <= i <= k is in wordList. Note that beginWord does not need to be in wordList.
sk == endWord
Given two words, beginWord and endWord, and a dictionary wordList, return the number of words in the shortest transformation sequence from beginWord to endWord, or 0 if no such sequence exists.
**Example 1:**
Input: beginWord = "hit", endWord = "cog", wordList = ["hot","dot","dog","lot","log","cog"]
Output: 5
Explanation: One shortest transformation sequence is "hit" -> "hot" -> "dot" -> "dog" -> cog", which is 5 words long.
**Example 2:**
Input: beginWord = "hit", endWord = "cog", wordList = ["hot","dot","dog","lot","log"]
Output: 0
Explanation: The endWord "cog" is not in wordList, therefore there is no valid transformation sequence.
**Constraints:**
1 <= beginWord.length <= 10
endWord.length == beginWord.length
1 <= wordList.length <= 5000
wordList[i].length == beginWord.length
beginWord, endWord, and wordList[i] consist of lowercase English letters.
beginWord != endWord
All the words in wordList are unique.
*/
class WordLadder {
/** Driver Code */
public static void main(String []args){
String beginWord = "hit";
String endWord = "cog";
String words[] = {"hot","dot","dog","lot","log","cog"};
List<String> wordList = Arrays.asList(words);
System.out.println("Ladder Length: " + ladderLength(beginWord,endWord,wordList));
}
/**
* This function finds the ladderLength
* @param beginWord: Starting word of the ladder
* @param endWord: Ending word of the ladder
* @param wordList: This list contains the words which needs to be included in ladder.
* @return ladderLength: This function will return the ladderLength(level) if the endword is there.
* Otherwise, will return the length as 0.
*/
public static int ladderLength(String beginWord, String endWord, List<String> wordList) {
HashSet<String> set = new HashSet();
for(String word : wordList){
set.add(word);
}
if(!set.contains(endWord)) return 0;
Queue<String> queue = new LinkedList();
queue.offer(beginWord);
int level = 1;
while(!queue.isEmpty()){
int size = queue.size();
for(int i = 0; i < size; i++){
String curr = queue.poll();
char[] words_chars = curr.toCharArray();
for(int j = 0; j < words_chars.length; j++){
char original_chars = words_chars[j];
for(char c = 'a'; c <= 'z'; c++){
if(words_chars[j] == c) continue;
words_chars[j] = c;
String new_word = String.valueOf(words_chars);
if(new_word.equals(endWord)) return level+1;
if(set.contains(new_word)){
set.remove(new_word);
queue.offer(new_word);
}
}
words_chars[j] = original_chars;
}
}
level++;
}
return 0;
}
}