Short Problem Definition:
James found a love letter his friend Harry has written for his girlfriend. James is a prankster, so he decides to meddle with the letter. He changes all the words in the letter into palindromes.
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Complexity:
time complexity is O(N\*T)
space complexity is O(1)
Execution:
You process the string from the beginning towards mid and always decrement the higher side.
Solution:
#!/usr/bin/py
if __name__ == '__main__':
t = input()
for _ in range(t):
s = map(int, raw_input().split())
reductions = 0
for i in range(0,len(s)//2):
reductions += abs(ord(s[i]) - ord(s[-1-i]))
print reductions
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;
int letterMystery(string &str){
int changes = 0;
int mid = str.length()/2;
int len = str.length();
for (int i=0; i < mid; i++){
int diff = abs(int(str.at(i)) - int(str.at(len-i-1)));
changes += diff;
}
return changes;
}
int main() {
string str;
int t;
cin>>t;
for (int i=0;i<t;i++) {
cin>>str;
cout << letterMystery(str) << endl;
}
return 0;
}