strobogrammatic-number-ii.js

/**
 * Strobogrammatic Number II
 *
 * A strobogrammatic number is a number that looks the same when rotated 180 degrees (looked at upside down).
 *
 * Find all strobogrammatic numbers that are of length = n.
 *
 * Example:
 *
 * Input:  n = 2
 * Output: ["11","69","88","96"]
 */

/**
 * @param {number} n
 * @return {string[]}
 */
const findStrobogrammatic = n => {
  return helper(n, n);
};

const helper = (n, m) => {
  if (n === 0) return [''];
  if (n === 1) return ['0', '1', '8'];

  const result = [];
  const list = helper(n - 2, m);

  for (let i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
    const s = list[i];

    if (n !== m) result.push('0' + s + '0');

    result.push('1' + s + '1');
    result.push('6' + s + '9');
    result.push('8' + s + '8');
    result.push('9' + s + '6');
  }

  return result;
};

export { findStrobogrammatic };