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TypescriptClasses/StringAlgorithms.ts
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//typescriptClasses/StringAlgorithms.ts
//Matthew Ellison
// Created: 07-13-21
//Modified: 07-13-21
//Algorithms for strings
/*
Copyright (C) 2021 Matthew Ellison
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
//This is a function that creates all permutations of a string and returns a vector of those permutations
export function getPermutations(master: string): string[]{
return getPermutationsHelper(master, 0);
}
function getPermutationsHelper(master: string, num: number): string[]{
let perms: string[] = [];
//Check if the number is out of bounds
if((num >= master.length) || (num < 0)){
//Do nothing and return an empty array
}
//If this is the last possible recurse just return the current string
else if(num == (master.length - 1)){
perms.push(master);
}
//If there are more possible recurses, recurse with the current permutation
else{
let temp: string[] = getPermutationsHelper(master, num + 1);
temp.forEach(str => perms.push(str));
//You need to swap the current letter with every possible letter after it
//The ones needed to swap before will happen automatically when the function recurses
for(let cnt = 1;(num + cnt) < master.length;++cnt){
master = swapString(master, num, (num + cnt));
temp = getPermutationsHelper(master, num + 1);
temp.forEach(str => perms.push(str));
master = swapString(master, num, (num + cnt));
}
//The array is not necessarily in alph-numeric order. So if this is the full array sort it before returning
if(num == 0){
perms.sort();
}
}
//Return the array that was build
return perms;
}
function swapString(str: string, first: number, second: number): string{
let tempStr: string = str.substr(0, first) + str[second] + str.substr(first + 1, second - first - 1) + str[first] + str.substr(second + 1);
return tempStr;
}
//Returns true if the string passed in is a palindrome
export function isPalindrome(str: string): boolean{
let rev = str.split("").reverse().join("");
if(str == rev){
return true;
}
else{
return false;
}
}
//This function returns the number of times the character occurs in the string
export function findNumOccurrence(str: string, ch: string){
let num: number = 0; //Set the number of occurrences to 0 to start
//Loop through every character in the string and compare it to the character passed in
for(let strCh of str){
//If the character is the same as the one passed in increment the counter
if(strCh == ch){
++num;
}
}
//Return the number of times the character appeared in the string
return num;
}