#K77257. String Transformation with Exact Levenshtein Distance
String Transformation with Exact Levenshtein Distance
String Transformation with Exact Levenshtein Distance
You are given a string s
of length n and an integer k. Your task is to construct another string t
such that the Levenshtein distance between s
and t
is exactly k.
The Levenshtein distance between two strings is defined as the minimum number of single-character edits (insertions, deletions or substitutions) required to change one string into the other. Mathematically, it can be denoted as:
\( d(s,t) = k \)
If such a string t
exists, output any valid string t
; otherwise, output IMPOSSIBLE
.
Note: In this problem, a simple valid strategy is to append k characters (for example, the character 'a') to s
if k is less than or equal to the length of s
. However, if k is greater than the length of s
, it is considered impossible to form such a string using the approach required by this problem.
inputFormat
The input is given via standard input and consists of two lines:
- The first line contains the string
s
. - The second line contains two space-separated integers
n
andk
, wheren
is the length ofs
andk
is the desired Levenshtein distance.
outputFormat
Output a single line via standard output. If there exists a string t
whose Levenshtein distance from s
is exactly k, output that string. Otherwise, output IMPOSSIBLE
.
abc
3 2
abcaa