You are playing the following Flip Game with your friend: Given a string that contains only these two characters:+
and-
, you and your friend take turns to flip twoconsecutive"++"
into"--"
. The game ends when a person can no longer make a move and therefore the other person will be the winner.
Write a function to determine if the starting player can guarantee a win.
Example:
Input:
s = "++++"
Output:
true
Explanation:
The starting player can guarantee a win by flipping the middle
"++"
to become
"+--+"
.
Follow up:
Derive your algorithm's runtime complexity.
class Solution {
public boolean canWin(String s) {
String temp = "";
for (int i = 1; i < s.length(); i++){
if (s.charAt(i) == '+' && s.charAt(i - 1) == '+'){
String cur = s.substring(0, i - 1) + "--" + s.substring(i + 1);
if (!canWin(cur)) return true;
}
}
return false;
}
}