/** * * Author: Janmesh Singh * Github: https://github.com/janmeshjs * Problem Statement: To determine if the pattern matches the text. * The pattern can include two special wildcard characters: * ' ? ': Matches any single character. * ' * ': Matches zero or more of any character sequence. * * Use DP to return True if the pattern matches the entire text and False otherwise * */ package com.thealgorithms.dynamicprogramming; public final class WildcardMatching { private WildcardMatching() { } public static boolean isMatch(String text, String pattern) { int m = text.length(); int n = pattern.length(); // Create a DP table to store intermediate results boolean[][] dp = new boolean[m + 1][n + 1]; // Base case: an empty pattern matches an empty text dp[0][0] = true; // Handle patterns starting with '*' for (int j = 1; j <= n; j++) { if (pattern.charAt(j - 1) == '*') { dp[0][j] = dp[0][j - 1]; } } // Fill the DP table for (int i = 1; i <= m; i++) { for (int j = 1; j <= n; j++) { char textChar = text.charAt(i - 1); char patternChar = pattern.charAt(j - 1); if (patternChar == textChar || patternChar == '?') { dp[i][j] = dp[i - 1][j - 1]; } else if (patternChar == '*') { // '*' can match zero or more characters dp[i][j] = dp[i - 1][j] || dp[i][j - 1]; } else { dp[i][j] = false; } } } // The result is in the bottom-right cell of the DP table return dp[m][n]; } }