Create simplify_directory_path.cpp

Author: ishikasinha-d

Data Structures/Stacks/simplify_directory_path.cpp

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+// Given a string A representing an absolute path for a file (Unix-style).
+// Return the string A after simplifying the absolute path.
+// Note:
+// Absolute path always begin with  ( root directory ).
+// Path will not have whitespace characters.
+
+#include <bits/stdc++.h> 
+using namespace std; 
+
+string simplifyPath(string A)
+{
+
+    A+="/";
+    string loc="", ans="";
+    vector<string> v;
+    stack<string>s;
+    int n= A.length();
+    
+    // spliting the path with / as delimeter
+    for(int i=0; i<n; i++)
+    {
+        if(A[i]=='/')
+        {
+            if(loc!="" )
+                v.push_back(loc);
+            loc="";
+        }
+        else 
+        {
+            loc+= A[i];
+        }
+    }
+    
+    //simplifying the path ans storing in stack
+    for(auto x: v) 
+    {
+        if(x!="." && x!="..")
+            s.push(x);
+        else if( x==".." && s.size()!=0)
+            s.pop();
+
+    }
+    if(s.empty()) 
+        ans="/";
+        
+    //since the path is reversed in stack s, we are reversing it again using fs stack
+    stack< string > fs;
+    while(!s.empty()) 
+        {
+            fs.push(s.top());
+            s.pop();
+        }
+        
+    //printing the simplified path 
+    while (!fs.empty() ) 
+    {
+        ans+="/"+fs.top();
+        fs.pop();
+    }
+    return ans;
+}
+
+
+int main() 
+{
+    string str;
+    cin>>str;
+    cout<<simplifyPath(str);
+return 0;
+
+}