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1286. Iterator for Combination 👍

Problem

Design the CombinationIterator class:

  • CombinationIterator(string characters, int combinationLength) Initializes the object with a string characters of sorted distinct lowercase English letters and a number combinationLength as arguments.
  • next() Returns the next combination of length combinationLength in lexicographical order.
  • hasNext() Returns true if and only if there exists a next combination.

 

Example 1:

Input
["CombinationIterator", "next", "hasNext", "next", "hasNext", "next", "hasNext"]
[["abc", 2], [], [], [], [], [], []]
Output
[null, "ab", true, "ac", true, "bc", false]

Explanation
CombinationIterator itr = new CombinationIterator("abc", 2);
itr.next();    // return "ab"
itr.hasNext(); // return True
itr.next();    // return "ac"
itr.hasNext(); // return True
itr.next();    // return "bc"
itr.hasNext(); // return False

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= combinationLength <= characters.length <= 15
  • All the characters of characters are unique.
  • At most 104 calls will be made to next and hasNext.
  • It is guaranteed that all calls of the function next are valid.