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The k-th Lexicographical String of All Happy Strings of Length n

A happy string is a string that: For example, strings "abc", "ac", "b" and "abcbabcbcb" are all happy strings and strings "aa", "baa" and "ababbc" are not happy strings.

A happy string is a string that:

For example, strings "abc", "ac", "b" and "abcbabcbcb" are all happy strings and strings "aa", "baa" and "ababbc" are not happy strings.

Given two integers n and k, consider a list of all happy strings of length n sorted in lexicographical order.

Return the kth string of this list or return an empty string if there are less than k happy strings of length n.

Example 1

Input: n = 1, k = 3

Output: "c"

Explanation: The list ["a", "b", "c"] contains all happy strings of length 1. The third string is "c".

Example 2

Input: n = 1, k = 4

Output: ""

Explanation: There are only 3 happy strings of length 1.

Example 3

Input: n = 3, k = 9

Output: "cab"

Explanation: There are 12 different happy string of length 3 ["aba", "abc", "aca", "acb", "bab", "bac", "bca", "bcb", "cab", "cac", "cba", "cbc"]. You will find the 9th string = "cab"

Constraints

  • 1 <= n <= 10
  • 1 <= k <= 100

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