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FINDSR - Find String Roots |
In mathematics, the N-th root of a number M, is a number K such that KN = M , i.e. KKK ... K = M where K is multiplied N times.
We can translate this into strings. In string notation, the juxtaposition is concatenation instead of multiplication. So, the N-th root of a string S is another string T such that TN = S, where T N = TTT ... T is the string T concatenated N times. For instance, if S = “abcabcabcabc”, for N = 2 the string T = “abcabc” is the N-th root of S, while for N = 4 its N-th root is T = “abc”. Note that for N = 1 any string S is the N-th root of S itself.
Given a string S you have to find the maximum N such that the N-th root of S exists. In the above example the answer would be 4, because there is no N-th root of S = “abcabcabcabc” for N > 4.
Input
The input contains several test cases, each one described in a single line. The line contains a non-empty string S of at most 105 characters, entirely formed of digits and lowercase letters. The last line of the input contains a single asterisk (“*”) and should not be processed as a test case.
Output
For each test case output a single line with the greatest integer N such that there exists a string T that concatenated N times is equal to S.
Example
Input: abcabcabcabc abcdefgh012 aaaaaaaaaa * Output: 4 1 10
Added by: | Pablo Ariel Heiber |
Date: | 2010-08-22 |
Time limit: | 1s |
Source limit: | 50000B |
Memory limit: | 1536MB |
Cluster: | Cube (Intel G860) |
Languages: | All except: NODEJS OBJC PERL6 VB.NET |
Resource: | FCEyN UBA ICPC Selection 2009 |
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2024-03-12 08:35:08
No standard algo required for me, but this question leaves a huge room for thinking and experimentation with different ideas. Thoughts as of 12 March 2024: People nowadays always said A.I. can replace all professions that requires higher cognitive abilities, but I would never see this as the reason to disrespect programming and maths. Codes and formulas are rigid rules but the implications and ideas behind them is a higher form of artistic expressions on the ways to handle problems and riddles. I do not understand why some "humans" (or must I say, non-humans) can come up with insightful questions and ideas while others simply, regretfully, "cannot", given that humans shall have similar genetic make-ups. |
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2019-07-07 23:39:30
use Z algo .... |
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2018-08-29 18:19:46
Don't |
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2018-06-15 11:58:07
spojtoolkit giving wrong answers for few sample inputcase |
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2018-01-19 13:43:23
Similar problem - https://uva.onlinejudge.org/index.php?option=com_onlinejudge&Itemid=8&page=show_problem&problem=1239 ... Enjoy Coding |
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2017-09-13 05:38:52
Pleased to find out that O(n) passes comfortably in Python. Comments were helpful - learn a new bit about KMP instead of wasting time on breaking open doors. |
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2017-07-25 14:11:11 vijay kumar paliwal
Same as PERIOD !! Indeed PERIOD is generalization of this.. |
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2017-06-25 11:27:34
afetr 3 WA . finally AC . |
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2017-01-10 08:41:24
-_- Last edit: 2017-01-16 19:20:06 |
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2016-12-28 18:57:18
is the complexity N logN?? |