Program to build DFA that starts and end with 'a' from input (a, b) - GeeksforGeeks

10 Jul, 2021
DFA (Deterministic Finite Automaton or Acceptor) is a finite state machine that accepts or rejects strings of symbols. DFA accepts the string if it reaches the final state and rejects otherwise. Now the problem is, provided a string as input character by character and we have to check whether the string starts and ends with ‘a’. We can only store the current character, since there is no concept of memory and hence the DFA cannot store the string provided. Otherwise, we could have just checked the first and last character for this problem. The input set for this problem is (a, b).We cannot store anything accept the current character, which make this program a little different and tough than other string related problems. 
Examples: 
Input :  a b a b a
Output : Yes
Explanation : (a b a b a) starts and 
end with 'a'

Input :  a b a b b
Output : No
Explanation : (a b a b b) starts with 
'a' but doesn't end with 'a'   
We first build a DFA for this problem. Making DFA is like making a flowchart for this program and then implement it in any language. You should have the knowledge of DFA and Finite Automata.
The DFA for given problem is: 
C++
Java
C#
Javascript
// C++ Program to DFA that accept strings// which starts and end with 'a' over input(a, b)#include <iostream>#include <time.h>using namespace std; int main(){    // for producing different random    // numbers every time.    srand(time(0));     // random length of string from 1 - 16    // we are taking input from input stream,    // we can take delimiter to end the string    int max = 1 + rand() % 15;     // generating random string and processing it    int i = 0;    while (i < max) {         // producing random character over        // input alphabet (a, b)        char c = 'a' + rand() % 2;        cout << c << " ";        i++;         // first character is 'a'        if (c == 'a') {             // if there is only 1 character            // i.e. 'a'            if (i == max)                cout << "YES\n";             while (i < max) {                c = 'a' + rand() % 2;                cout << c << " ";                i++;                 // if character is 'a' and it                // is the last character                if (c == 'a' && i == max) {                    cout << "\nYES\n";                }                 // if character is 'b' and it                // is the last character                else if (i == max) {                    cout << "\nNO\n";                }            }        }         // first character is 'b' so no matter        // what the string is, it is not going        // to be accepted        else {            while (i < max) {                c = 'a' + rand() % 2;                cout << c << " ";                i++;            }            cout << "\nNO\n";        }    }     return 0;}
// JAVA Program to DFA that accept Strings// which starts and end with 'a' over input(a, b)import java.util.*; class GFG{ public static void main(String[] args){    // for producing different random    // numbers every time.    Random r = new Random();     // random length of String from 1 - 16    // we are taking input from input stream,    // we can take delimiter to end the String    int max = 1 + r.nextInt()*10 % 15;     // generating random String and processing it    int i = 0;    while (i < max)    {         // producing random character over        // input alphabet (a, b)        char c = (char) ('a' + r.nextInt()*10 % 2);        System.out.print(c+ " ");        i++;         // first character is 'a'        if (c == 'a')        {             // if there is only 1 character            // i.e. 'a'            if (i == max)                System.out.print("YES\n");             while (i < max)            {                c = (char) ('a' + r.nextInt()*10 % 2);                System.out.print(c+ " ");                i++;                 // if character is 'a' and it                // is the last character                if (c == 'a' && i == max)                {                    System.out.print("\nYES\n");                }                 // if character is 'b' and it                // is the last character                else if (i == max)                {                    System.out.print("\nNO\n");                }            }        }         // first character is 'b' so no matter        // what the String is, it is not going        // to be accepted        else        {            while (i < max)            {                c = (char) ('a' + r.nextInt()*10 % 2);                System.out.print(c+ " ");                i++;            }            System.out.print("\nNO\n");        }    }}} // This code is contributed by PrinciRaj1992
// C# Program to DFA that accept Strings// which starts and end with 'a' over i.Add(a, b)using System; class GFG{ static void Main(String[] args){     // random length of String from 1 - 16    // we are taking input from input stream,    // we can take delimiter to end the String    int max = 1 + new Random().Next()*10 % 15;     // generating random String and processing it    int i = 0;    while (i < max)    {         // producing random character over        // input alphabet (a, b)        char c = (char) ('a' + new Random().Next()*10 % 2);        Console.Write(c + " ");        i++;         // first character is 'a'        if (c == 'a')        {             // if there is only 1 character            // i.e. 'a'            if (i == max)                Console.Write("YES\n");             while (i < max)            {                c = (char) ('a' + new Random().Next()*10 % 2);                Console.Write(c + " ");                i++;                 // if character is 'a' and it                // is the last character                if (c == 'a' && i == max)                {                    Console.Write("\nYES\n");                }                 // if character is 'b' and it                // is the last character                else if (i == max)                {                    Console.Write("\nNO\n");                }            }        }         // first character is 'b' so no matter        // what the String is, it is not going        // to be accepted        else        {            while (i < max)            {                c = (char) ('a' + new Random().Next()*10 % 2);                Console.Write(c + " ");                i++;            }            Console.Write("\nNO\n");        }    }}} // This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar
<script> // Javascript program to DFA that accept strings// which starts and end with 'a' over input(a, b) // Random length of String from 1 - 16// we are taking input from input stream,// we can take delimiter to end the Stringlet max = 1 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 10 % 15); // Generating random String and processing itlet i = 0;while (i < max){         // Producing random character over    // input alphabet (a, b)    let c = String.fromCharCode(        'a'.charCodeAt(0) +        Math.floor(Math.random() * 10) % 2);             document.write(c + " ");    i++;     // First character is 'a'    if (c == 'a')    {                 // If there is only 1 character        // i.e. 'a'        if (i == max)            document.write("YES<br>");         while (i < max)        {            c = String.fromCharCode(                'a'.charCodeAt(0) +                 Math.floor(Math.random() * 10) % 2);                             document.write(c + " ");            i++;             // If character is 'a' and it            // is the last character            if (c == 'a' && i == max)            {                document.write("<br>YES<br>");            }             // If character is 'b' and it            // is the last character            else if (i == max)            {                document.write("<br>NO<br>");            }        }    }     // First character is 'b' so no matter    // what the String is, it is not going    // to be accepted    else    {        while (i < max)        {            c = String.fromCharCode(                'a'.charCodeAt(0) +                 Math.floor(Math.random() * 10) % 2);                             document.write(c + " ");            i++;        }        document.write("<br>NO<br>");    }} // This code is contributed by rag2127 </script>
Output: 
a a b a a 
YES
 
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