The numeric value of a lowercase character is defined as its position (1-indexed)
in the alphabet, so the numeric value of a
is 1
, the numeric value of b
is 2
, the numeric value of c
is 3
, and so on.
The numeric value of a string consisting of lowercase characters is defined as the sum of its characters' numeric values. For example, the numeric value of the string "abe"
is equal to 1 + 2 + 5 = 8
.
You are given two integers n
and k
. Return the lexicographically smallest string with length equal to n
and numeric value equal to k
.
Note that a string x
is lexicographically smaller than string y
if x
comes before y
in dictionary order, that is, either x
is a prefix of y
, or if i
is the first position such that x[i] != y[i]
, then x[i]
comes before y[i]
in alphabetic order.
Example 1:
Input: n = 3, k = 27 Output: "aay" Explanation: The numeric value of the string is 1 + 1 + 25 = 27, and it is the smallest string with such a value and length equal to 3.
Example 2:
Input: n = 5, k = 73 Output: "aaszz"
Constraints:
1 <= n <= 105
n <= k <= 26 * n
class Solution:
def getSmallestString(self, n: int, k: int) -> str:
ans = ['a'] * n
i, d = n - 1, k - n
while d > 25:
ans[i] = 'z'
d -= 25
i -= 1
ans[i] = chr(ord(ans[i]) + d)
return ''.join(ans)
class Solution {
public String getSmallestString(int n, int k) {
char[] ans = new char[n];
Arrays.fill(ans, 'a');
int i = n - 1, d = k - n;
for (; d > 25; d -= 25) {
ans[i--] = 'z';
}
ans[i] = (char) ('a' + d);
return String.valueOf(ans);
}
}
class Solution {
public:
string getSmallestString(int n, int k) {
string ans(n, 'a');
int i = n - 1, d = k - n;
for (; d > 25; d -= 25) {
ans[i--] = 'z';
}
ans[i] += d;
return ans;
}
};
func getSmallestString(n int, k int) string {
ans := make([]byte, n)
for i := range ans {
ans[i] = 'a'
}
i, d := n-1, k-n
for ; d > 25; i, d = i-1, d-25 {
ans[i] = 'z'
}
ans[i] += byte(d)
return string(ans)
}