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1400. Construct K Palindrome Strings

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Problem Statement

1400. Construct K Palindrome Strings

Medium


Given a string s and an integer k, return true if you can use all the characters in s to construct k palindrome strings or false otherwise.

 

Example 1:

Input: s = "annabelle", k = 2
Output: true
Explanation: You can construct two palindromes using all characters in s.
Some possible constructions "anna" + "elble", "anbna" + "elle", "anellena" + "b"

Example 2:

Input: s = "leetcode", k = 3
Output: false
Explanation: It is impossible to construct 3 palindromes using all the characters of s.

Example 3:

Input: s = "true", k = 4
Output: true
Explanation: The only possible solution is to put each character in a separate string.

 

Constraints:

Java โ€” parity counter

Source file
class Solution {
    public boolean canConstruct(String s, int k) {
        if (k > s.length())
            return false;
        if (k == s.length())
            return true;
        int[] freq = new int[26];
        for (char c : s.toCharArray())
            freq[c - 'a']++;
        int odd = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++)
            if (freq[i] % 2 == 1)
                odd++;
        return k >= odd;
    }
}