http://community.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=12730&rd=15701
这道题有点意思。首先把字符串变成回文,多个字符可能有交叉的等同关系,那么有些字符最终都要是要变成同一个。这个是可以用并查集来做的,标程怕并不是所有人都知道并查集,就用了图的DFS来做。这里用并查集的朴素版本来做,但x = comp[x];y = comp[y];这两句话必不可少,否则下面的循环过程中变化。
#include <string> #include <vector> using namespace std; class GooseTattarrattatDiv1 { public: int getmin(string S); }; int GooseTattarrattatDiv1::getmin(string S) { vector<int> count(26); for (int i = 0; i < S.length(); i++) { count[S[i]-'a']++; } int len = S.length(); vector<int> comp(26); for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++) { comp[i] = i; } for (int i = 0; i < len/2; i++) { int x = S[i] - 'a'; int y = S[len - i - 1] - 'a'; x = comp[x]; y = comp[y]; for (int c = 0; c < 26; c++) { if (comp[c] == x) { comp[c] = y; } } } int ans = 0; for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++) { int size = 0; int _max = 0; for (int c = 0; c < 26; c++) { if (comp[c] != i) continue; size += count[c]; _max = max(count[c], _max); } ans += size - _max; } return ans; };