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This approach builds a unique binary string by considering each string's diagonal to ensure uniqueness. Specifically, we take advantage of the fact that flipping a bit diagonally guarantees that it differs from the original set of strings across at least one position. For each string at index i, we flip the character at the same index i, ensuring that the constructed string cannot match any existing strings due to its diagonal differentiation.
Time Complexity: O(n) since we iterate through the array once.
Space Complexity: O(n) for storing the resulting binary string of length n.
1def find_different_binary_string(nums):
2 n = len(nums)
3 return ''.join('1' if nums[i][i] == '0' else '0' for i in range(n))The Python solution generates a binary string by iterating over each index i of the strings in nums. At each index, it checks the diagonal bit nums[i][i] and inverts it. This results in a binary string that is guaranteed to be different from any given string in nums due to the difference along the diagonal.
This approach uses backtracking to generate all possible binary strings of length n and checks for the first one not present in nums. While not as efficient as diagonal construction, this method demonstrates a different strategy to ensure a solution's validity by exhaustive search.
Time Complexity: O(2^n) due to generating every binary string of length n.
Space Complexity: O(n) for the call stack during recursion.
1using System;
2using System.Collections.Generic;
3
4public class Solution {
5 public string FindDifferentBinaryString(string[] nums) {
HashSet<string> set = new HashSet<string>(nums);
string result = string.Empty;
FindBinaryString(set, nums.Length, "", ref result);
return result;
}
private bool FindBinaryString(HashSet<string> set, int len, string current, ref string result) {
if (current.Length == len) {
if (!set.Contains(current)) {
result = current;
return true;
}
return false;
}
if (FindBinaryString(set, len, current + '0', ref result)) return true;
if (FindBinaryString(set, len, current + '1', ref result)) return true;
return false;
}
}The C# solution employs a backtracking method to explore every binary string possibility. If a binary string of the required length isn't in nums, it is identified as the result. The use of a recursive helper function facilitates generating possible candidates one bit at a time.