Microsoft Online Assessment (OA) - Lexicographically Smallest String

Given a string str, the task is to find the lexicographically smallest string that can be formed by removing at most one character from the given string.

Example 1:

Input: abczd

Output: abcd

Example 2:

Input: abcda

Output: abca

Explanation:

One can remove d to get abca which is the lexicographically smallest string possible.

Try it yourself

Implementation

1def smallest_string(s: str) -> str:
2    for i in range(len(s) - 1):
3        if s[i] > s[i + 1]:
4            break
5    return s[:i] + s[i + 1:]
6
7if __name__ == '__main__':
8    s = input()
9    res = smallest_string(s)
10    print(res)
11
1import java.util.Scanner;
2
3class Solution {
4    public static String smallestString(String s) {
5        int i = 0;
6        for (; i < s.length() - 1; i++) {
7            if (s.charAt(i) > s.charAt(i + 1)) {
8                break;
9            }
10        }
11        return s.substring(0, i) + s.substring(i + 1, s.length());
12    }
13
14    public static void main(String[] args) {
15        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
16        String s = scanner.nextLine();
17        scanner.close();
18        String res = smallestString(s);
19        System.out.println(res);
20    }
21}
22
1function smallestString(s) {
2    let i = 0;
3    for (; i < s.length - 1; i++) {
4        if (s[i] > s[i + 1]) {
5            break;
6        }
7    }
8    return s.substr(0, i) + s.substr(i + 1, s.length);
9}
10
11function* main() {
12    const s = yield;
13    const res = smallestString(s);
14    console.log(res);
15}
16
17class EOFError extends Error {}
18{
19    const gen = main();
20    const next = (line) => gen.next(line).done && process.exit();
21    let buf = '';
22    next();
23    process.stdin.setEncoding('utf8');
24    process.stdin.on('data', (data) => {
25        const lines = (buf + data).split('\n');
26        buf = lines.pop();
27        lines.forEach(next);
28    });
29    process.stdin.on('end', () => {
30        buf && next(buf);
31        gen.throw(new EOFError());
32    });
33}
34

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