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| 2008 | Codeforces Round 970 (Div. 3) | FINISHED | False | 8100 | 51204323 | Sept. 1, 2024, 2:35 p.m. |
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| ( 13131 ) | E | Alternating String | PROGRAMMING | brute force data structures dp greedy strings |
Sakurako really loves alternating strings . She calls a string (s) of lowercase Latin letters an alternating string if characters in the even positions are the same, if characters in the odd positions are the same, and the length of the string is even . For example, the strings ' abab ' and ' gg ' are alternating , while the strings ' aba ' and ' ggwp ' are not. As a good friend, you decided to gift such a string, but you couldn't find one. Luckily, you can perform two types of operations on the string: Choose an index (i) and delete the (i)-th character from the string, which will reduce the length of the string by (1). This type of operation can be performed no more than (1) time ; Choose an index (i) and replace (s_i) with any other letter. Since you are in a hurry, you need to determine the minimum number of operations required to make the string an alternating one. The first line contains a single integer (t) ((1 \le t \le 10^4)) — the number of test cases. The first line of each test case contains a single number (n) ((1 \le n\le 2\cdot 10^5)) — the length of the string. The second line of each test case contains a string (s), consisting of lowercase Latin letters. It is guaranteed that the sum of (n) across all test cases does not exceed (2 \cdot 10^5). For each test case, output a single integer — the minimum number of operations required to turn the string (s) into an alternating one. For the string ababa , you can delete the first character to get baba , which is an alternating string. For the string acdada , you can change the first two characters to get dadada , which is an alternating string. |
| Codeforces Round 970 (Div. 3) Editorial |
Submission Id |
Author(s) |
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Verdict |
Language |
Test Set |
Tests Passed |
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Memory Consumed (bytes) |
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| 279238886 | Nika. | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 5:54 p.m. | OK | C++17 (GCC 7-32) | TESTS | 7 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 279279569 | H_M_K | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 4:37 a.m. | OK | C++17 (GCC 7-32) | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279274436 | dyadav15112005 | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 3:27 a.m. | OK | C++17 (GCC 7-32) | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279272694 | baicai1 | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 3 a.m. | OK | C++17 (GCC 7-32) | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279272155 | baicai1 | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 2:51 a.m. | OK | C++17 (GCC 7-32) | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279271521 | heyy_mant.s | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 2:40 a.m. | OK | C++17 (GCC 7-32) | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279263850 | maximaxi245 | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 11:32 p.m. | OK | C++17 (GCC 7-32) | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279252150 | Hussain_Elemam | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 7:50 p.m. | OK | C++17 (GCC 7-32) | TESTS | 11 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279248391 | shubham_singh_724848 | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 7:16 p.m. | OK | C++17 (GCC 7-32) | TESTS | 11 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279240721 | nibsu05 | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 6:08 p.m. | OK | C++17 (GCC 7-32) | TESTS | 11 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279243142 | BullyMaguire_ | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 6:28 p.m. | OK | C++20 (GCC 13-64) | TESTS | 11 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 279241541 | ReGrn | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 6:14 p.m. | OK | C++20 (GCC 13-64) | TESTS | 11 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 279238466 | mohammadjaloudi | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 5:52 p.m. | OK | C++20 (GCC 13-64) | TESTS | 7 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 279280728 | Dtw | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 4:51 a.m. | OK | C++20 (GCC 13-64) | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279275181 | vIkt0r0Ro | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 3:37 a.m. | OK | C++20 (GCC 13-64) | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279272578 | abhi022004 | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 2:58 a.m. | OK | C++20 (GCC 13-64) | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279272507 | bras | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 2:57 a.m. | OK | C++20 (GCC 13-64) | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279272362 | preicw | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 2:55 a.m. | OK | C++20 (GCC 13-64) | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279265884 | Badrawy | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 12:35 a.m. | OK | C++20 (GCC 13-64) | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279248310 | vikrantag17 | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 7:15 p.m. | OK | C++20 (GCC 13-64) | TESTS | 11 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279234748 | TsukumoSama | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 5:27 p.m. | OK | C++23 (GCC 14-64, msys2) | TESTS | 7 | 31 | 102400 | ||
| 279278262 | Tesla. | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 4:19 a.m. | OK | C++23 (GCC 14-64, msys2) | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279241024 | Eslam_Saleh | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 6:11 p.m. | OK | C++23 (GCC 14-64, msys2) | TESTS | 11 | 61 | 102400 | ||
| 279259523 | ShadiMohamedM | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 9:40 p.m. | OK | C++23 (GCC 14-64, msys2) | TESTS | 15 | 62 | 102400 | ||
| 279247103 | Dash_____ | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 7:03 p.m. | OK | C++23 (GCC 14-64, msys2) | TESTS | 11 | 62 | 102400 | ||
| 279246296 | Dash_____ | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 6:56 p.m. | OK | C++23 (GCC 14-64, msys2) | TESTS | 11 | 62 | 102400 | ||
| 279266149 | ZtreK | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 12:42 a.m. | OK | C++23 (GCC 14-64, msys2) | TESTS | 15 | 62 | 512000 | ||
| 279233408 | cjl001 | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 5:19 p.m. | OK | C++23 (GCC 14-64, msys2) | TESTS | 7 | 77 | 0 | ||
| 279281002 | 202101008 | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 4:54 a.m. | OK | C++23 (GCC 14-64, msys2) | TESTS | 15 | 77 | 102400 | ||
| 279278453 | NIEYUHAO | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 4:22 a.m. | OK | C++23 (GCC 14-64, msys2) | TESTS | 15 | 77 | 102400 | ||
| 279246534 | aishwarykesarwani | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 6:58 p.m. | OK | GNU C11 | TESTS | 11 | 609 | 1843200 | ||
| 279247700 | rj3377295 | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 7:09 p.m. | OK | Java 21 | TESTS | 11 | 280 | 1126400 | ||
| 279242513 | rj3377295 | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 6:23 p.m. | OK | Java 21 | TESTS | 11 | 296 | 409600 | ||
| 279256652 | leetcodemonk | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 8:46 p.m. | OK | Java 21 | TESTS | 15 | 312 | 1228800 | ||
| 279243771 | Harsh2005 | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 6:33 p.m. | OK | Java 21 | TESTS | 11 | 327 | 1331200 | ||
| 279237854 | sreecharanreddypacharla | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 5:47 p.m. | OK | Java 21 | TESTS | 7 | 327 | 1331200 | ||
| 279248531 | AtharvaParwal | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 7:17 p.m. | OK | Java 21 | TESTS | 11 | 343 | 921600 | ||
| 279235263 | shivansh_123 | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 5:30 p.m. | OK | Java 21 | TESTS | 7 | 389 | 1024000 | ||
| 279273414 | zee_money | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 3:11 a.m. | OK | Java 21 | TESTS | 15 | 389 | 1331200 | ||
| 279233670 | adarshssoni | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 5:21 p.m. | OK | Java 21 | TESTS | 7 | 406 | 41267200 | ||
| 279269715 | ivanocj | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 2:05 a.m. | OK | Java 21 | TESTS | 15 | 452 | 1126400 | ||
| 279253969 | kasiru_69 | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 8:08 p.m. | OK | Java 8 | TESTS | 11 | 249 | 0 | ||
| 279284644 | ND_ | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 5:35 a.m. | OK | Java 8 | TESTS | 15 | 406 | 78745600 | ||
| 279278792 | faresbadr316 | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 4:26 a.m. | OK | Java 8 | TESTS | 15 | 452 | 82227200 | ||
| 279278934 | faresbadr316 | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 4:28 a.m. | OK | Java 8 | TESTS | 15 | 468 | 82227200 | ||
| 279281959 | Yousef_Badr | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 5:05 a.m. | OK | Java 8 | TESTS | 15 | 484 | 82227200 | ||
| 279283960 | 0847 | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 5:27 a.m. | OK | Java 8 | TESTS | 15 | 1187 | 307200 | ||
| 279270087 | lanby | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 2:12 a.m. | OK | Java 8 | TESTS | 15 | 1327 | 247296000 | ||
| 279234089 | bnmanubharadwaj | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 5:23 p.m. | OK | JavaScript | TESTS | 7 | 1671 | 2252800 | ||
| 279279269 | EMBailey | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 4:33 a.m. | OK | OCaml | TESTS | 15 | 561 | 56012800 | ||
| 279238846 | YOUR-SUN | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 5:54 p.m. | OK | PyPy 3 | TESTS | 7 | 327 | 9420800 | ||
| 279281916 | abbasslb | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 5:04 a.m. | OK | PyPy 3 | TESTS | 15 | 1327 | 9216000 | ||
| 279281510 | crzhou111111 | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 5 a.m. | OK | PyPy 3-64 | TESTS | 15 | 109 | 4198400 | ||
| 279261267 | adu_alt | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 10:18 p.m. | OK | PyPy 3-64 | TESTS | 15 | 171 | 13414400 | ||
| 279239675 | Haksell | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 6 p.m. | OK | PyPy 3-64 | TESTS | 7 | 187 | 6553600 | ||
| 279274194 | cheturtle | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 3:23 a.m. | OK | PyPy 3-64 | TESTS | 15 | 202 | 6041600 | ||
| 279239221 | Haksell | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 5:57 p.m. | OK | PyPy 3-64 | TESTS | 7 | 202 | 8704000 | ||
| 279263437 | Mudit_bansal | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 11:19 p.m. | OK | PyPy 3-64 | TESTS | 15 | 202 | 15257600 | ||
| 279245902 | Haksell | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 6:52 p.m. | OK | PyPy 3-64 | TESTS | 11 | 218 | 6246400 | ||
| 279256421 | Bisrat_A | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 8:43 p.m. | OK | PyPy 3-64 | TESTS | 15 | 218 | 6656000 | ||
| 279238232 | gardengnome | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 5:50 p.m. | OK | PyPy 3-64 | TESTS | 7 | 218 | 7782400 | ||
| 279250278 | sdt4936 | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 7:36 p.m. | OK | PyPy 3-64 | TESTS | 11 | 249 | 6246400 | ||
| 279246684 | MTA9402 | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 7 p.m. | OK | Python 3 | TESTS | 11 | 827 | 716800 | ||
| 279245589 | surendra26 | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 6:49 p.m. | OK | Python 3 | TESTS | 11 | 1859 | 1433600 | ||
| 279273758 | Spheniscine | E | Sept. 2, 2024, 3:16 a.m. | OK | Rust 2021 | TESTS | 15 | 46 | 102400 | ||
| 279247481 | SnowballSH | E | Sept. 1, 2024, 7:07 p.m. | OK | Rust 2021 | TESTS | 11 | 233 | 99430400 |
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