Implement wildcard pattern matching with support for ‘?’ and ‘*‘.
'?' Matches any single character.
'*' Matches any sequence of characters (including the empty sequence).
The matching should cover the entire input string (not partial).
The function prototype should be:
bool isMatch(const char *s, const char *p)
Some examples:
isMatch("aa","a") → false
isMatch("aa","aa") → true
isMatch("aaa","aa") → false
isMatch("aa", "*") → true
isMatch("aa", "a*") → true
isMatch("ab", "?*") → true
isMatch("aab", "c*a*b") → false
Solution:
public class Solution {
public boolean isMatch(String str, String pattern) {
int s = 0, p = 0, match = 0, starIdx = -1;
while (s < str.length()){
// advancing both pointers
if (p < pattern.length() && (pattern.charAt(p) == '?' || str.charAt(s) == pattern.charAt(p))){
s++;
p++;
}
// * found, only advancing pattern pointer
else if (p < pattern.length() && pattern.charAt(p) == '*'){
starIdx = p;
match = s;
p++;
}
// last pattern pointer was *, advancing string pointer
else if (starIdx != -1){
p = starIdx + 1;
match++;
s = match;
}
//current pattern pointer is not star, last patter pointer was not *
//characters do not match
else return false;
}
//check for remaining characters in pattern
while (p < pattern.length() && pattern.charAt(p) == '*')
p++;
return p == pattern.length();
}
}