Given two integers N and M, the task is to print an N x M matrix such that each row and column contain all the vowels in it. If it is impossible to do so, then print -1.
Examples:
Input: N = 5, M = 5
Output:
a e i o u
e i o u a
i o u a e
o u a e i
u a e i oInput: N = 6, M = 2
Output: -1
Approach: Since the number of vowels is 5, hence we need a minimum of 5 rows and 5 columns in order to generate a valid matrix. A pattern can be followed by filling “aeiouaeiou..” in the first row, “eiouaeio..” in the second row, and so on and the generated matrix will contain all the vowels in every row and column.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C++
// C++ implementation of the approach #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; // Function to print the required matrix void printMatrix( int n, int m) { // Impossible to generate // the required matrix if (n < 5 || m < 5) { cout << -1; return ; } // Store all the vowels string s = "aeiou" ; // Print the matrix for ( int i = 0; i < n; i++) { // Print vowels for every index for ( int j = 0; j < m; j++) { cout << s[j % 5] << " " ; } cout << endl; char c = s[0]; // Shift the vowels by one for ( int i = 0; i < 4; i++) { s[i] = s[i + 1]; } s[4] = c; } } // Driver code int main() { int n = 5, m = 5; printMatrix(n, m); return 0; } |
Java
// Java implementation of the approach import java.io.*; public class GFG { // Function to print the required matrix static void printMatrix( int n, int m) { // Impossible to generate // the required matrix if (n < 5 || m < 5 ) { System.out.print(- 1 ); return ; } // Store all the vowels char [] s = "aeiou" .toCharArray(); // Print the matrix for ( int i = 0 ; i < n; i++) { // Print vowels for every index for ( int j = 0 ; j < m; j++) { System.out.print(s[j % 5 ] + " " ); } System.out.println(); char c = s[ 0 ]; // Shift the vowels by one for ( int k = 0 ; k < 4 ; k++) { s[k] = s[k + 1 ]; } s[ 4 ] = c; } } // Driver code public static void main(String[] args) { int n = 5 , m = 5 ; printMatrix(n, m); } } // This code has been contributed by 29AjayKumar |
Python3
# Python3 implementation of the approach # Function to print the required matrix def printMatrix(n, m) : # Impossible to generate # the required matrix if (n < 5 or m < 5 ) : print ( - 1 ,end = " " ); return ; # Store all the vowels s = "aeiou" ; s = list (s); # Print the matrix for i in range (n) : # Print vowels for every index for j in range (m) : print (s[j % 5 ],end = " " ); print () c = s[ 0 ]; # Shift the vowels by one for i in range ( 4 ) : s[i] = s[i + 1 ]; s[ 4 ] = c; # Driver code if __name__ = = "__main__" : n = 5 ; m = 5 ; printMatrix(n, m); # This code is contributed by AnkitRai01 |
C#
// C# implementation of the approach using System; class GFG { // Function to print the required matrix static void printMatrix( int n, int m) { // Impossible to generate // the required matrix if (n < 5 || m < 5) { Console.Write(-1); return ; } // Store all the vowels char [] s = "aeiou" .ToCharArray(); // Print the matrix for ( int i = 0; i < n; i++) { // Print vowels for every index for ( int j = 0; j < m; j++) { Console.Write(s[j % 5] + " " ); } Console.WriteLine(); char c = s[0]; // Shift the vowels by one for ( int k = 0; k < 4; k++) { s[k] = s[k + 1]; } s[4] = c; } } // Driver code public static void Main(String[] args) { int n = 5, m = 5; printMatrix(n, m); } } /* This code contributed by PrinciRaj1992 */ |
PHP
<?php // PHP implementation of the approach // Function to print the required matrix function printMatrix( $n , $m ) { // Impossible to generate // the required matrix if ( $n < 5 || $m < 5) { echo -1; return ; } // Store all the vowels $s = "aeiou" ; // Print the matrix for ( $i = 0; $i < $n ; $i ++) { // Print vowels for every index for ( $j = 0; $j < $m ; $j ++) { echo $s [ $j % 5] . " " ; } echo "\n" ; $c = $s [0]; // Shift the vowels by one for ( $k = 0; $k < 4; $k ++) { $s [ $k ] = $s [ $k + 1]; } $s [4] = $c ; } } // Driver code $n = 5; $m = 5; printMatrix( $n , $m ); return 0; // This code is contributed by ChitraNayal ?> |
Javascript
<script> // JavaScript implementation of the approach // Function to print the required matrix function printMatrix(n , m) { // Impossible to generate // the required matrix if (n < 5 || m < 5) { document.write(-1); return ; } // Store all the vowels var s = "aeiou" ; // Print the matrix for ( var i = 0; i < n; i++) { // Print vowels for every index for (j = 0; j < m; j++) { document.write(s[j % 5] + " " ); } document.write( "<br/>" ); var c = s[0]; s = s.substring(1,s.length)+s.substring(0,1); s[4] = c; } } // Driver code var n = 5, m = 5; printMatrix(n, m); // This code contributed by Rajput-Ji </script> |
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Time Complexity: O(N*M), as we are using nested loops to traverse N*M times.
Auxiliary Space: O(1) as we are not using any extra space.
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