Given a string consisting of only vowels, find the longest subsequence in the given string such that it consists of all five vowels and is a sequence of one or more a’s, followed by one or more e’s, followed by one or more i’s, followed by one or more o’s and followed by one or more u’s.
If there is more than one longest subsequence, print any one.
How would I add memoization to the solution below?
I've seen how to solve recursively (below).
Examples:
Input : str = "aeiaaioooaauuaeiou" Output : {a, a, a, a, a, a, e, i, o, u} There are two possible outputs in this case: {a, a, a, a, a, a, e, i, o, u} and, {a, e, i, i, o, o, o, u, u, u} each of length 10
Input : str = "aaauuiieeou" Output : No subsequence possible
Approach: We loop through all the characters in the string recursively and follow the given conditions:
If the subsequence is empty, we include the vowel at the current index only if it is ‘a’. Otherwise, we move on to the next index. If the vowel at the current index is same as the last vowel included in the subsequence, we include it. If the vowel at the current index is the next possible vowel (i.e a–> e–> i–> o–> u ) after the last vowel included in the subsequence, we have two options: either include it or move on to the next index. Hence we choose the one which gives the longest subsequence. If none of the above conditions is satisfied, we move on to the next index (to avoid invalid ordering of vowels in the subsequence). If we have reached the end of the string, we check if the current subsequence is valid or not. If it is valid (i.e if it contains all the vowels), we return it, else we return an empty list.
# Python3 program to find the longest subsequence
# of vowels in the specified order
vowels = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']
# Mapping values for vowels
mapping = {'a': 0, 'e': 1, 'i': 2, 'o': 3, 'u': 4}
# Function to check if given subsequence
# contains all the vowels or not
def isValidSequence(subList):
for vowel in vowels:
if vowel not in subList:
return False
return True
# Function to find the longest subsequence of vowels
# in the given string in specified order
def longestSubsequence(string, subList, index):
# If we have reached the end of the string,
# return the subsequence
# if it is valid, else return an empty list
if index == len(string):
if isValidSequence(subList) == True:
return subList
else:
return []
else:
# If there is no vowel in the subsequence yet,
# add vowel at current index if it is 'a',
# else move on to the next character
# in the string
if len(subList) == 0:
if string[index] != 'a':
return longestSubsequence(string, subList, index + 1)
else:
return longestSubsequence(string, subList + \
[string[index]], index + 1)
# If the last vowel in the subsequence until
# now is same as the vowel at current index,
# add it to the subsequence
elif mapping[subList[-1]] == mapping[string[index]]:
return longestSubsequence(string, subList + \
[string[index]], index + 1)
# If the vowel at the current index comes
# right after the last vowel
# in the subsequence, we have two options:
# either to add the vowel in
# the subsequence, or move on to next character.
# We choose the one which gives the longest subsequence.
elif (mapping[subList[-1]] + 1) == mapping[string[index]]:
sub1 = longestSubsequence(string, subList + \
[string[index]], index + 1)
sub2 = longestSubsequence(string, subList, index + 1)
if len(sub1) > len(sub2):
return sub1
else:
return sub2
else:
return longestSubsequence(string, subList, index + 1)
# Driver Code
if __name__ == "__main__":
string = "aeiaaioooauuaeiou"
subsequence = longestSubsequence(string, [], 0)
if len(subsequence) == 0:
print("No subsequence possible")
else:
print(subsequence)
Output: ['a', 'e', 'i', 'i', 'o', 'o', 'o', 'u', 'u', 'u']
The key realization for memoizing your function is that you can use (last_chosen_char, length, index) as your memo key. In other words, treat "aaeeeiiioo", i=15 and "aaaaaaaeio", i=15 as identical, because their last chosen characters, lengths and current indices are equivalent. The subproblems of both calls will have identical solutions and we only need to bother computing one of them.
A few additional remarks:
"u", you might as well loop and collect all remaining "u"s in the string; there are no more decisions to be made. You might wish to pre-process the input string a bit to prune off more of the call stack. For example, record the next char position for each index and bail early once you've hit the last "u". None of this would help the worst case, though, so rewriting the logic iteratively using a bottom-up approach would be optimal.Putting it together, you can now input strings up to the length of the stack size:
def longest_subsequence(string):
def helper(chosen="", i=0):
if i == len(string):
return chosen if set("aeiou").issubset(set(chosen)) else ""
hashable = (chosen[-1] if chosen else None, len(chosen), i)
if hashable in memo:
return memo[hashable]
if not chosen:
res = helper("a" if string[i] == "a" else chosen, i + 1)
elif chosen[-1] == string[i]:
res = helper(chosen + string[i], i + 1)
elif mapping[chosen[-1]] + 1 == mapping[string[i]]:
sub1 = helper(chosen + string[i], i + 1)
sub2 = helper(chosen, i + 1)
res = sub1 if len(sub1) > len(sub2) else sub2
else:
res = helper(chosen, i + 1)
memo[hashable] = res
return res
mapping = {x: i for i, x in enumerate("aeiou")}
memo = {}
return helper()
Here's an example run on a string of 900 characters:
original: uouoouiuoueaeeiiiaaaouuuueuaiaeaioaaiouaouiaiiaiuuueaueaieeueeuuouioaoaeueoioeoeioiuiaiaoeuuuuauuaiuueiieaauuoieiuoiaiueeeoaeaueaaaiaiiieuaoaiaaoiaoaueouaiiooaeeoioiaoieouuuoeaoaeeaaiuieouaeeooiiuooeauueaoaoaeuoaieauooueeeuiueuaeoeouuuiaoiauiaoiaaeeoeouuuueuiiuueoeeoiieuuuauooeuuaaaueuaaaaoaieaiiuoaoouueeeooiuoieoaueooaaioaeoiiiauuoeiaioeauaueiiaeoueioeiieuoiueoeoueeiuiooaioeooueuioaoaeoaiiiauoooieueoeauaiauauuauoueeauouieeoeoeiaeeeeooooeoaueouuuuiioeeuioueeuiaiueooeueeuuuoooeeuooeuoeeeaiioeeiioauiaeaiuaiauooiioeoeueoeieuueouaeeuuoeuaueeeauiiaoeeaeuieoeiuoooeaeeiuaiauuieouuuiuouiuieieoueiiaoiuioaiououooieiauuuououuiiiuaoeeieueeiuoeiaouoeueieuoiaeuoeiieeeaaaeiaeeoauoaoeuuoiiaaeiuiouueaoeuueeoouiaeeeouiouaaaeiouaaeauauioeoeuiauaeaououoaiuuueuieiaeeaouuueeaaiauoieoioaoiuuaioaiauioueieuuuueiaeeuaoeeoeioeoaiauiiuaouuoouooouaeueaioiaouuiiuauiaaeooeueiuoiuoeeauueuuueuueouiiauiuaoiuuoeuoeeauaeoo
max subsequence: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu