Leetcode 87. Scramble String

Question

Given a string s1, we may represent it as a binary tree by partitioning it to two non-empty substrings recursively.

Below is one possible representation of s1 = “great”:

great
/    \
gr    eat
/ \    /  \
g   r  e   at
/ \
a   t

To scramble the string, we may choose any non-leaf node and swap its two children.

For example, if we choose the node “gr” and swap its two children, it produces a scrambled string “rgeat”.

rgeat
/    \
rg    eat
/ \    /  \
r   g  e   at
/ \
a   t

We say that “rgeat” is a scrambled string of “great”.

Similarly, if we continue to swap the children of nodes “eat” and “at”, it produces a scrambled string “rgtae”.

rgtae
/    \
rg    tae
/ \    /  \
r   g  ta  e
/ \
t   a

We say that “rgtae” is a scrambled string of “great”.

Given two strings s1 and s2 of the same length, determine if s2 is a scrambled string of s1.

Code

public boolean isScramble(String s1, String s2) {
if (s1 == null || s2 == null || s1.length() != s2.length()) {
return false;
}
if (s1.equals(s2)) {
return true;
}
char[] chars1 = s1.toCharArray();
char[] chars2 = s2.toCharArray();
Arrays.sort(chars1);
Arrays.sort(chars2);
if (!Arrays.equals(chars1, chars2)) {
return false;
}
for (int i = 1; i < s1.length(); ++i) {
if (isScramble(s1.substring(0, i), s2.substring(0, i)) && isScramble(s1.substring(i), s2.substring(i))) {
return true;
}
if (isScramble(s1.substring(0, i), s2.substring(s2.length() - i)) && isScramble(s1.substring(i), s2.substring(0, s2.length() - i))) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}