Lexicographically Smallest Generated String
You are given two strings, str1 and str2, of lengths n and m, respectively.
A string word of length n + m - 1 is defined to be generated by str1 and str2 if it satisfies the following conditions for each index 0 <= i <= n - 1:
- If
str1[i] == 'T', the substring ofwordwith sizemstarting at indexiis equal tostr2, i.e.,word[i..(i + m - 1)] == str2. - If
str1[i] == 'F', the substring ofwordwith sizemstarting at indexiis not equal tostr2, i.e.,word[i..(i + m - 1)] != str2.
Return the lexicographically smallest possible string that can be generated by str1 and str2. If no string can be generated, return an empty string "".
Example 1
Input
str1 = "TFTF", str2 = "ab"Output
"ababa"The strings "ababa" and "ababb" can be generated by
str1 and str2, and "ababa" is lexicographically smaller.Example 2
Input
str1 = "TFTF", str2 = "abc"Output
""No string that satisfies the conditions can be generated.
Constraints
- 1 <= n == str1.length <= 10^4
- 1 <= m == str2.length <= 500
- str1 consists only of 'T' or 'F'.
- str2 consists only of lowercase English characters.