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Abbreviation (TheAlgorithms#1547)
* Abbreviation * Updates from code review
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Dynamic-Programming/Abbreviation.js

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/**
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* @description
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* Given two strings, `source` and `target`, determine if it's possible to make `source` equal
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* to `target` You can perform the following operations on the string `source`:
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* 1. Capitalize zero or more of `source`'s lowercase letters.
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* 2. Delete all the remaining lowercase letters in `source`.
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*
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* Time Complexity: (O(|source|*|target|)) where `|source|` => length of string `source`
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*
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* @param {String} source - The string to be transformed.
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* @param {String} target - The string we want to transform `source` into.
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* @returns {Boolean} - Whether the transformation is possible.
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* @see https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/abbr/problem - Related problem on HackerRank.
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*/
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export const isAbbreviation = (source, target) => {
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const sourceLength = source.length
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const targetLength = target.length
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// Initialize a table to keep track of possible abbreviations
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let canAbbreviate = Array.from({ length: sourceLength + 1 }, () =>
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Array(targetLength + 1).fill(false)
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)
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// Empty strings are trivially abbreviatable
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canAbbreviate[0][0] = true
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for (let sourceIndex = 0; sourceIndex < sourceLength; sourceIndex++) {
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for (let targetIndex = 0; targetIndex <= targetLength; targetIndex++) {
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if (canAbbreviate[sourceIndex][targetIndex]) {
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// If characters at the current position are equal, move to the next position in both strings.
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if (
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targetIndex < targetLength &&
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source[sourceIndex].toUpperCase() === target[targetIndex]
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) {
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canAbbreviate[sourceIndex + 1][targetIndex + 1] = true
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}
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// If the current character in `source` is lowercase, explore two possibilities:
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// a) Capitalize it (which is akin to "using" it in `source` to match `target`), or
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// b) Skip it (effectively deleting it from `source`).
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if (source[sourceIndex] === source[sourceIndex].toLowerCase()) {
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canAbbreviate[sourceIndex + 1][targetIndex] = true
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}
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}
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}
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}
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return canAbbreviate[sourceLength][targetLength]
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}
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import { isAbbreviation } from '../Abbreviation.js'
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const expectPositive = (word, abbr) =>
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expect(isAbbreviation(word, abbr)).toBe(true)
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const expectNegative = (word, abbr) =>
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expect(isAbbreviation(word, abbr)).toBe(false)
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describe('Abbreviation - Positive Tests', () => {
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test('it should correctly abbreviate or transform the source string to match the target string', () => {
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expectPositive('', '')
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expectPositive('a', '')
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expectPositive('a', 'A')
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expectPositive('abcDE', 'ABCDE')
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expectPositive('ABcDE', 'ABCDE')
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expectPositive('abcde', 'ABCDE')
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expectPositive('abcde', 'ABC')
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expectPositive('abcXYdefghijKLmnopqrs', 'XYKL')
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expectPositive('abc123', 'ABC')
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expectPositive('abc123', 'ABC123')
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expectPositive('abc!@#def', 'ABC')
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})
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})
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describe('Abbreviation - Negative Tests', () => {
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test('it should fail to abbreviate or transform the source string when it is not possible to match the target string', () => {
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expectNegative('', 'A')
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expectNegative('a', 'ABC')
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expectNegative('aBcXYdefghijKLmnOpqrs', 'XYKLOP')
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})
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})

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