- Difficulty: Hard
- Tags: LeetCode, Hard, Depth-First Search, Graph, Eulerian Circuit, leetcode-753, O(k^n), de Bruijn sequences, Lyndon word, Rolling Hash, Backtracking, Greedy
Problem
There is a safe protected by a password. The password is a sequence of n
digits where each digit can be in the range [0, k - 1]
.
The safe has a peculiar way of checking the password. When you enter in a sequence, it checks the most recent n
digits that were entered each time you type a digit.
- For example, the correct password is
"345"
and you enter in"012345"
:- After typing
0
, the most recent3
digits is"0"
, which is incorrect. - After typing
1
, the most recent3
digits is"01"
, which is incorrect. - After typing
2
, the most recent3
digits is"012"
, which is incorrect. - After typing
3
, the most recent3
digits is"123"
, which is incorrect. - After typing
4
, the most recent3
digits is"234"
, which is incorrect. - After typing
5
, the most recent3
digits is"345"
, which is correct and the safe unlocks.
- After typing
Return any string of minimum length that will unlock the safe at some point of entering it.
Example 1:
Input: n = 1, k = 2 Output: "10" Explanation: The password is a single digit, so enter each digit. "01" would also unlock the safe.
Example 2:
Input: n = 2, k = 2 Output: "01100" Explanation: For each possible password: - "00" is typed in starting from the 4th digit. - "01" is typed in starting from the 1st digit. - "10" is typed in starting from the 3rd digit. - "11" is typed in starting from the 2nd digit. Thus "01100" will unlock the safe. "10011", and "11001" would also unlock the safe.
Constraints:
1 <= n <= 4
1 <= k <= 10
1 <= kn <= 4096