leetcode-problemset/leetcode/problem/the-k-th-lexicographical-string-of-all-happy-strings-of-length-n.html

<p>A <strong>happy string</strong> is a string that:</p>

<ul>
	<li>consists only of letters of the set <code>[&#39;a&#39;, &#39;b&#39;, &#39;c&#39;]</code>.</li>
	<li><code>s[i] != s[i + 1]</code> for all values of <code>i</code> from <code>1</code> to <code>s.length - 1</code> (string is 1-indexed).</li>
</ul>

<p>For example, strings <strong>&quot;abc&quot;, &quot;ac&quot;, &quot;b&quot;</strong> and <strong>&quot;abcbabcbcb&quot;</strong> are all happy strings and strings <strong>&quot;aa&quot;, &quot;baa&quot;</strong> and <strong>&quot;ababbc&quot;</strong> are not happy strings.</p>

<p>Given two integers <code>n</code> and <code>k</code>, consider a list of all happy strings of length <code>n</code> sorted in lexicographical order.</p>

<p>Return <em>the kth string</em> of this list or return an <strong>empty string</strong> if there are less than <code>k</code> happy strings of length <code>n</code>.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> n = 1, k = 3
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;c&quot;
<strong>Explanation:</strong> The list [&quot;a&quot;, &quot;b&quot;, &quot;c&quot;] contains all happy strings of length 1. The third string is &quot;c&quot;.
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> n = 1, k = 4
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;&quot;
<strong>Explanation:</strong> There are only 3 happy strings of length 1.
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<p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> n = 3, k = 9
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;cab&quot;
<strong>Explanation:</strong> There are 12 different happy string of length 3 [&quot;aba&quot;, &quot;abc&quot;, &quot;aca&quot;, &quot;acb&quot;, &quot;bab&quot;, &quot;bac&quot;, &quot;bca&quot;, &quot;bcb&quot;, &quot;cab&quot;, &quot;cac&quot;, &quot;cba&quot;, &quot;cbc&quot;]. You will find the 9<sup>th</sup> string = &quot;cab&quot;
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= n &lt;= 10</code></li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= k &lt;= 100</code></li>
</ul>