Given an input string s
and a pattern p
, implement regular expression matching with support for '.'
and '*'
where:
'.'
Matches any single character.'*'
Matches zero or more of the preceding element.
The matching should cover the entire input string (not partial).
Example 1:
Input: s = "aa", p = "a" Output: false Explanation: "a" does not match the entire string "aa".
Example 2:
Input: s = "aa", p = "a*" Output: true Explanation: '*' means zero or more of the preceding element, 'a'. Therefore, by repeating 'a' once, it becomes "aa".
Example 3:
Input: s = "ab", p = ".*" Output: true Explanation: ".*" means "zero or more (*) of any character (.)".
Constraints:
1 <= s.length <= 20
1 <= p.length <= 30
s
contains only lowercase English letters.p
contains only lowercase English letters,'.'
, and'*'
.- It is guaranteed for each appearance of the character
'*'
, there will be a previous valid character to match.
SOLUTION
class Solution {
public boolean isMatch(String text, String pattern) {
boolean[][] dp = new boolean[text.length() + 1][pattern.length() + 1];
dp[text.length()][pattern.length()] = true;
for (int i = text.length(); i >= 0; i--){
for (int j = pattern.length() - 1; j >= 0; j--){
boolean first_match = (i < text.length() &&
(pattern.charAt(j) == text.charAt(i) ||
pattern.charAt(j) == '.'));
if (j + 1 < pattern.length() && pattern.charAt(j+1) == '*'){
dp[i][j] = dp[i][j+2] || first_match && dp[i+1][j];
} else {
dp[i][j] = first_match && dp[i+1][j+1];
}
}
}
return dp[0][0];
}
}