Problem
Perform the following shift operations on a string:
- Right shift: Replace every letter with the successive letter of the English alphabet, where 'z' is replaced by 'a'. For example,
"abc"
can be right-shifted to"bcd"
or"xyz"
can be right-shifted to"yza"
. - Left shift: Replace every letter with the preceding letter of the English alphabet, where 'a' is replaced by 'z'. For example,
"bcd"
can be left-shifted to"abc" or
"yza"
can be left-shifted to"xyz"
.
We can keep shifting the string in both directions to form an endless shifting sequence.
- For example, shift
"abc"
to form the sequence:... <-> "abc" <-> "bcd" <-> ... <-> "xyz" <-> "yza" <-> ...
.<-> "zab" <-> "abc" <-> ...
You are given an array of strings strings
, group together all strings[i]
that belong to the same shifting sequence. You may return the answer in any order.
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Example 1:
Input: strings = ["abc","bcd","acef","xyz","az","ba","a","z"]
Output: [["acef"],["a","z"],["abc","bcd","xyz"],["az","ba"]]
Example 2:
Input: strings = ["a"]
Output: [["a"]]
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Constraints:
1 <= strings.length <= 200
1 <= strings[i].length <= 50
strings[i]
consists of lowercase English letters.