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820. Short Encoding of Words
Medium
30 Points
Array
Hash Table
String
Trie
A valid encoding of an array of words is any reference string s and array of indices indices such that:
Given an array of words, return the length of the shortest reference string s possible of any valid encoding of words.
Examples
Example 1
Input: words = ["time", "me", "bell"]
Output: 10
Explanation: A valid encoding would be s = "time#bell#" and indices = [0, 2, 5].
words[0] = "time", the substring of s starting from indices[0] = 0 to the next '#' is underlined in "time#bell#"
words[1] = "me", the substring of s starting from indices[1] = 2 to the next '#' is underlined in "time#bell#"
words[2] = "bell", the substring of s starting from indices[2] = 5 to the next '#' is underlined in "time#bell#"
Example 2
Input: words = ["t"]
Output: 2
Explanation: A valid encoding would be s = "t#" and indices = [0].
Constraints
1 <= words.length <= 2000
1 <= words[i].length <= 7
words[i] consists of only lowercase letters.
820. Short Encoding of Words
Medium
30 Points
Array
Hash Table
String
Trie
A valid encoding of an array of words is any reference string s and array of indices indices such that:
Given an array of words, return the length of the shortest reference string s possible of any valid encoding of words.
Examples
Example 1
Input: words = ["time", "me", "bell"]
Output: 10
Explanation: A valid encoding would be s = "time#bell#" and indices = [0, 2, 5].
words[0] = "time", the substring of s starting from indices[0] = 0 to the next '#' is underlined in "time#bell#"
words[1] = "me", the substring of s starting from indices[1] = 2 to the next '#' is underlined in "time#bell#"
words[2] = "bell", the substring of s starting from indices[2] = 5 to the next '#' is underlined in "time#bell#"
Example 2
Input: words = ["t"]
Output: 2
Explanation: A valid encoding would be s = "t#" and indices = [0].