java.lang.Object
g3201_3300.s3227_vowels_game_in_a_string.Solution

public class Solution extends Object
3227 - Vowels Game in a String.

Medium

Alice and Bob are playing a game on a string.

You are given a string s, Alice and Bob will take turns playing the following game where Alice starts first:

  • On Alice’s turn, she has to remove any non-empty substring from s that contains an odd number of vowels.
  • On Bob’s turn, he has to remove any non-empty substring from s that contains an even number of vowels.

The first player who cannot make a move on their turn loses the game. We assume that both Alice and Bob play optimally.

Return true if Alice wins the game, and false otherwise.

The English vowels are: a, e, i, o, and u.

Example 1:

Input: s = “leetcoder”

Output: true

Explanation:
Alice can win the game as follows:

  • Alice plays first, she can delete the underlined substring in s = “ leetco der” which contains 3 vowels. The resulting string is s = "der".
  • Bob plays second, he can delete the underlined substring in s = “ d er” which contains 0 vowels. The resulting string is s = "er".
  • Alice plays third, she can delete the whole string s = “er which contains 1 vowel.
  • Bob plays fourth, since the string is empty, there is no valid play for Bob. So Alice wins the game.

Example 2:

Input: s = “bbcd”

Output: false

Explanation:
There is no valid play for Alice in her first turn, so Alice loses the game.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= s.length <= 105
  • s consists only of lowercase English letters.
  • Constructor Details

    • Solution

      public Solution()
  • Method Details

    • doesAliceWin

      public boolean doesAliceWin(String s)