Unique substrings
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Algorithms
Basics of string manipulation
String algorithms
Problem
82% Success 467 Attempts 20 Points 1s Time Limit 256MB Memory 1024 KB Max Code

You are given a string S containing only lowercase letters and an integer K. In one operation you can change any character of the string to '#' character.

Note: '#' is not considered when checking for duplicates.

Task

Print the minimum number of operations required such that no substring of size K contains duplicates.

Example

Assumptions

  •  S = "ababc"
  •  K = 3

Approach

  • Here, in the substrings "aba" & "bab", you encounter duplicates.
  • Replace the first 2 characters with '#' and the final string becomes "##abc"
  • Therefore the answer is 2.

Function description

Complete the solve function provided in the editor. This function takes the following 2 parameters and returns an integer that represents the answer to the task as described in the problem statement:

  • S: Represents the string
  • K: Represents the size of the substring

Input format

Note: This is the input format that you must use to provide custom input (available above the Compile and Test button).

  • The first line contains the function parameter S.
  • The second line contains the function parameter K.

Output format

Print an integer representing the answer to the given task.

Constraints

\(1 \leq |S| \leq 1*10^5\)

\(1 \leq K \leq min(|S|,26)\)

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