[LeetCode] Maximum Bitwise XOR After Rearrangement

3849. Maximum Bitwise XOR After Rearrangement

You are given two binary strings s and t​​​​​​​, each of length n.

You may rearrange the characters of t in any order, but s must remain unchanged.

Return a binary string of length n representing the maximum integer value obtainable by taking the bitwise XOR of s and rearranged t.

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class Solution {
public:
string maximumXor(string s, string t) {
int op = count(begin(t), end(t), '1');
vector<bool> done(s.length());
for(int i = 0; i < s.length() and op; i++) {
if(s[i] == '0') {
s[i] = '1';
op--;
done[i] = true;
}
}
for(int i = s.length() - 1; i >= 0 and op; i--) {
if(done[i]) continue;
if(s[i] == '1') {
s[i] = '0';
op--;
}
}
return s;
}
};
Author: Song Hayoung
Link: https://songhayoung.github.io/2026/09/04/PS/LeetCode/maximum-bitwise-xor-after-rearrangement/
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