Given a string, partition such that every substring is a palindrome, return all possible ones
Ex. s = "aab" -> [["a","a","b"],["aa","b"]], s = "a" -> [["a"]]
Generate all possible substrings at idx, if palindrome potential candidate, backtrack after
Time: O(n x 2^n)
Space: O(n)
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class Solution {
public:
vector<vector<string>> partition(string s) {
vector<string> curr;
vector<vector<string>> result;
dfs(s, 0, curr, result);
return result;
}
private:
void dfs(string s, int start, vector<string>& curr, vector<vector<string>>& result) {
if (start == s.size()) {
result.push_back(curr);
return;
}
for (int i = start; i < s.size(); i++) {
if (isPalindrome(s, start, i)) {
string str = s.substr(start, i - start + 1);
curr.push_back(str);
dfs(s, i + 1, curr, result);
curr.pop_back();
}
}
}
bool isPalindrome(string s, int left, int right) {
while (left < right) {
if (s[left] != s[right]) {
return false;
}
left++;
right--;
}
return true;
}
};