# Longest Duplicate Substring in C++

C++Server Side ProgrammingProgramming

Suppose we have a string S, consider all duplicated contiguous substrings that occur 2 or more times. (The occurrences may overlap.), We have to find the duplicated substring that has the longest possible length. If there is no such substrings, then return a blank string. As the answer may very large, so return in mod 10^9 + 7.

So, if the input is like "ababbaba", then the output will be "bab"

To solve this, we will follow these steps −

• m := 1e9 + 7

• Define a function add(), this will take a, b,

• return ((a mod m) + (b mod m)) mod m

• Define a function sub(), this will take a, b,

• return ((a mod m) - (b mod m) + m) mod m

• Define a function mul(), this will take a, b,

• return ((a mod m) * (b mod m)) mod m

• Define an array power

• Define a function ok(), this will take x, s,

• if x is same as 0, then −

• return empty string

• Define one map called hash

• current := 0

• for initialize i := 0, when i < x, update (increase i by 1), do −

• current := add(mul(current, 26), s[i] - 'a')

• hash[current] := Define an array (1, 0)

• n := size of s

• for initialize i := x, when i < n, update (increase i by 1), do −

• current := sub(current, mul(power[x - 1], s[i - x] - 'a'))

• current := add(mul(current, 26), s[i] - 'a')

• if count is member of hash, then −

• for all it in hash[current] −

• if substring of s from it to x - 1 is same as substring of s from i - x + 1 to x - 1, then −

• return substring of s from it to x - 1

• Otherwise

• insert i - x + 1 at the end of hash[current]

• return empty string

• From the main method, do the following −

• ret := empty string

• n := size of S

• power := Define an array of size n and fill this with 1

• for initialize i := 1, when i < n, update (increase i by 1), do −

• power[i] := mul(power[i - 1], 26)

• low := 0, high := n - 1

• while low <= high, do −

• mid := low + (high - low) /2

• temp := ok(mid, S)

• if size of temp is same as 0, then −

• high := mid - 1

• Otherwise

• if size of temp > size of ret, then −

• ret := temp

• low := mid + 1

• return ret

Let us see the following implementation to get better understanding −

## Example

Live Demo

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
typedef long long int lli;
class Solution {
public:
int m = 1e9 + 7;
int add(lli a, lli b){
return ((a % m) + (b % m)) % m;
}
int sub(lli a, lli b){
return ((a % m) - (b % m) + m) % m;
}
int mul(lli a, lli b){
return ((a % m) * (b % m)) % m;
}
vector<int> power;
string ok(int x, string s){
if (x == 0)
return "";
unordered_map<int, vector<int> > hash;
lli current = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < x; i++) {
current = add(mul(current, 26), s[i] - 'a');
}
hash[current] = vector<int>(1, 0);
int n = s.size();
for (int i = x; i < n; i++) {
current = sub(current, mul(power[x - 1], s[i - x] -
'a'));
current = add(mul(current, 26), s[i] - 'a');
if (hash.count(current)) {
for (auto& it : hash[current]) {
if (s.substr(it, x) == s.substr(i - x + 1, x)) {
return s.substr(it, x);
}
}
} else {
hash[current].push_back(i - x + 1);
}
}
return "";
}
string longestDupSubstring(string S){
string ret = "";
int n = S.size();
power = vector<int>(n, 1);
for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
power[i] = mul(power[i - 1], 26);
}
int low = 0;
int high = n - 1;
while (low <= high) {
int mid = low + (high - low) / 2;
string temp = ok(mid, S);
if (temp.size() == 0) {
high = mid - 1;
} else {
if (temp.size() > ret.size())
ret = temp;
low = mid + 1;
}
}
return ret;
}
};
main(){
Solution ob;
cout << (ob.longestDupSubstring("ababbaba"));
}

## Input

"ababbaba"

## Output

bab
Published on 04-Jun-2020 14:35:18