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Editor Staff asked 5 months ago
Editor Staff asked 5 months ago
What is a time complexity for finding the longest substring that is repeated in a string?
(a) O (log n!)
(b) Ɵ (n!)
(c) O (n^2+ n1)
(d) Ɵ (n)
This interesting question is from Suffix tree topic in chapter Trie of Data Structures & Algorithms I
This question was addressed to me during an internship interview.
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Editor">Editor Staff answered 5 months ago
Editor Staff answered 5 months ago
Right choice is (d) Ɵ (n)
Easiest explanation – Suffix Tree allows fast string operation. To check if a substring is present in a string of a length of n, the time complexity for such operation is found to be O (n). The time complexity for finding the longest substring that is repeated in a string is Ɵ (n).
