Submission #2835602


Source Code Expand

s = input()
ans = float("INF")
from string import ascii_lowercase
for c in ascii_lowercase:
  cnt = 0
  st = s[:]
  while True:
    snew = ""
    if len(set(st))==1:
      break
    for i in range(len(st)-1):
      if st[i]==c or st[i+1]==c:
        snew += c
      else:
        snew += st[i]
    cnt+=1
    st = snew[:]
  ans = min(ans, cnt)
print(ans)

Submission Info

Submission Time
Task A - Shrinking
User ponponpainful
Language Python (3.4.3)
Score 300
Code Size 372 Byte
Status AC
Exec Time 72 ms
Memory 3768 KB

Judge Result

Set Name Sample All
Score / Max Score 0 / 0 300 / 300
Status
AC × 4
AC × 14
Set Name Test Cases
Sample 0_00.txt, 0_01.txt, 0_02.txt, 0_03.txt
All 0_00.txt, 0_01.txt, 0_02.txt, 0_03.txt, 1_00.txt, 1_01.txt, 1_02.txt, 1_03.txt, 1_04.txt, 1_05.txt, 1_06.txt, 1_07.txt, 1_08.txt, 1_09.txt
Case Name Status Exec Time Memory
0_00.txt AC 24 ms 3764 KB
0_01.txt AC 24 ms 3764 KB
0_02.txt AC 24 ms 3768 KB
0_03.txt AC 28 ms 3764 KB
1_00.txt AC 24 ms 3768 KB
1_01.txt AC 67 ms 3764 KB
1_02.txt AC 24 ms 3764 KB
1_03.txt AC 67 ms 3764 KB
1_04.txt AC 72 ms 3768 KB
1_05.txt AC 58 ms 3768 KB
1_06.txt AC 55 ms 3768 KB
1_07.txt AC 44 ms 3764 KB
1_08.txt AC 59 ms 3768 KB
1_09.txt AC 56 ms 3764 KB