LeetCode 316. Remove Duplicate Letters（删除重复字母）

原题网址：https://leetcode.com/problems/remove-duplicate-letters/

Given a string which contains only lowercase letters, remove duplicate letters so that every letter appear once and only once. You must make sure your result is the smallest in lexicographical order among all possible results.

Example:

Given

"bcabc"

Return

"abc"

Given

"cbacdcbc"

Return

"acdb"

方法：逐个字母找出。例如要找出第一个字母，首先找到最右边的一个点，使该点右边能够包含全部的字母，则第一个字母必在该点左边（包含该点），寻找方法是从该点向左搜寻，搜寻到一个字母表最靠前的、位置最靠左的字母，则为第一个字母。

public class Solution {
public String removeDuplicateLetters(String s) {
char[] sa = s.toCharArray();
int[] alphabet = new int[26];
int count = 0;
for(int i=0; i<sa.length; i++) {
if (alphabet[sa[i]-'a']==0) count ++;
alphabet[sa[i]-'a'] ++;
}
char[] removed = new char[count];
int left = 0;
int right = sa.length;
int c = 0;
Arrays.fill(alphabet, 0);
while (c<count) {
right --;
if (alphabet[sa[right]-'a']==0) c ++;
alphabet[sa[right]-'a'] ++;
}
for(int i=0; i<count; i++) {
char ch = sa[right];
int leftmost=right;
for(int j=right-1; j>=left; j--) {
if (sa[j] <= ch && alphabet[sa[j]-'a'] != 0) {
ch = sa[j];
leftmost = j;
}
}
alphabet[ch-'a'] = 0;
removed[i] = ch;
left = leftmost + 1;
while (right<sa.length-1 && alphabet[sa[right]-'a'] != 1) {
if (alphabet[sa[right]-'a'] > 1) alphabet[sa[right]-'a'] --;
right ++;
}
}
return new String(removed);
}
}

另一种实现：

public class Solution {
public String removeDuplicateLetters(String s) {
int[] f = new int[26];
char[] sa = s.toCharArray();
int count = 0;
for(int i=sa.length-1; i>=0; i--) {
if (f[sa[i]-'a'] == 0) count ++;
f[sa[i]-'a'] ++;
}
char[] unique = new char[count];
Arrays.fill(unique, (char)0xff);
int from = 0, to = 0;
int pos = 0;
for(int i=0; i<count; i++) {
while (to<sa.length && (f[sa[to]-'a']!=1)) f[sa[to++]-'a']--;
for(int j=from; j<=to; j++) {
if (f[sa[j]-'a']>0 && sa[j] < unique[i]) {
unique[i] = sa[j];
pos = j;
}
}
while (pos+1<to) f[sa[--to]-'a']++;
f[unique[i]-'a'] = 0;
from = pos + 1;
to = from;
}
return new String(unique);
}
}

又一个实现：

public class Solution {
public String removeDuplicateLetters(String s) {
if (s == null || s.length() == 0) return s;
char[] sa = s.toCharArray();
int[] f = new int[26];
int len = 0;
for(int i=0; i<sa.length; i++) {
if (f[sa[i]-'a'] ++ == 0) len ++;
}
char[] unique = new char[len];
int from = 0;
for(int i=0; i<unique.length; i++) {
int right = from;
int pos = -1;
while (right < sa.length && f[sa[right++]-'a']-- != 1);
for(int j=from; j<right; j++) {
if (f[sa[j]-'a'] >= 0 && (pos==-1 || sa[j]<sa[pos])) pos = j;
}
unique[i] = sa[pos];
for(int j=pos; j<right; j++) {
f[sa[j]-'a'] ++;
}
f[sa[pos]-'a'] = 0;
from = pos + 1;
}
return new String(unique);
}
}