IOI '00 - Beijing, China
A palindrome is a symmetrical string, that is, a string read identically from left to right as well as from right to left. You are to write a program which, given a string, determines the minimal number of characters to be inserted into the string in order to obtain a palindrome.
As an example, by inserting 2 characters, the string Ab3bd
can be transformed into a palindrome (dAb3bAd
or Adb3bdA
). However, inserting fewer than 2 characters does not produce a palindrome.
Input Specification
The first line contains one integer: the length of the input string ,
. The second line contains one string with length
. The string is formed from uppercase letters from
A
to Z
, lowercase letters from a
to z
and digits from 0
to 9
. Uppercase and lowercase letters are to be considered distinct.
Output Specification
The first line contains one integer, which is the desired minimal number.
Sample Input
5
Ab3bd
Sample Output
2
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