980. Find the Shortest Superstring

Hard
Array
String
Dynamic Programming
Bit Manipulation
Bitmask
Hamiltonian Path

Description

Given an array of strings words, return the smallest string that contains each string in words as a substring. If there are multiple valid strings of the smallest length, return any of them.

You may assume that no string in words is a substring of another string in words.

 

Example 1:

Input: words = ["alex","loves","leetcode"]
Output: "alexlovesleetcode"
Explanation: All permutations of "alex","loves","leetcode" would also be accepted.

Example 2:

Input: words = ["catg","ctaagt","gcta","ttca","atgcatc"]
Output: "gctaagttcatgcatc"

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= words.length <= 12
  • 1 <= words[i].length <= 20
  • words[i] consists of lowercase English letters.
  • All the strings of words are unique.

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