Repeated String Match
Description
Given two strings A and B, find the minimum number of times A has to be repeated such that B is a substring of it. If no such solution, return -1.
For example, with A = "abcd" and B = "cdabcdab".
Return 3, because by repeating A three times (“abcdabcdabcd”), B is a substring of it; and B is not a substring of A repeated two times ("abcdabcd").
Note:
The length of A
and B
will be between 1 and 10000.
Solution(javascript)
/**
* @param {string} A
* @param {string} B
* @return {number}
*/
var repeatedStringMatch = function(A, B) {
let num = 1, s = A;
while(s.length < B.length){
s += A;
num++;
}
if(s.includes(B)) return num;
if((s+A).includes(B)) return num+1;
return -1;
};