DIY: Group Shifted Strings
Solve the interview question "Group Shifted Strings" in this lesson.
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Problem statement
Given an array of strings (lowercase alphabets), we have to group all strings that are shifted versions of each other. For a string abc
, its shifted sequence can be lmn
because each character in both strings gets incremented by 1
to form the next character. Similarly, any three-letter word that has a character difference of 1
between their letters will be shifted a sequence of abc
.
Input
The input will be an array of strings. The following is an example input:
{"acd", "dfg", "wyz", "yab", "mop", "bdfh", "b", "y", "moqs"}
Output
The output will be an array of grouped strings. The following is an example output:
{
{"acd", "dfg" "wyz" "yab" "mop"}
{"bdfh", "moqs"}
{"b", "y"}
}
Coding exercise
Implement the groupStrings(strs)
function, where strs
is the array of strings. The function will return an array of grouped strings within an array.
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