这是一个简单的方法:对于您的源词,创建一个大小为 26 的数组,并使用它来计算每个字母出现的次数。对字典中的每个单词执行相同的操作。然后比较两者。如果每个字母在字典单词中出现的次数少于或等于源单词的次数,则可以使用它来制作该单词。如果不是,那么它不能。
C-Sharpish Pseudocode:(可能无法按书面方式编译)
/** Converts characters to a 0 to 25 code representing alphabet position.
This is specific to the English language and would need to be modified if used
for other languages. */
int charToLetter(char c) {
return Char.ToUpper(c)-'A';
}
/** Given a source word and an array of other words to check, returns all
words from the array which can be made from the letters of the source word. */
ArrayList<string> checkSubWords(string source, string[] dictionary) {
ArrayList<string> output = new ArrayList<string>();
// Stores how many of each letter are in the source word.
int[] sourcecount = new int[26]; // Should initialize to 0, automatically
foreach (char c in source) {
sourcecount[c]++;
}
foreach (string s in dictionary) {
// Stores how many of each letter are in the dictionary word.
int[] dictcount = new int[26]; // Should initialize to 0, automatically
foreach (char c in s) {
dictcount[c]++;
}
// Then we check that there exist no letters which appear more in the
// dictionary word than the source word.
boolean isSubword = true;
for (int i=0;i<26;i++) {
if (dictcount[i] > sourcecount[i]) {
isSubword = false;
}
}
// If they're all less than or equal to, then we add it to the output.
if (isSubWord) {
output.add(s);
}
}
return output;
}