https://codeforces.com/contest/1582/problem/C
#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const int N = 1e3 + 10;
typedef long long ll;
int f[N][N];
void solve() {
int n;
string s;
cin >> n >> s;
int ans = n + 1;
for (int c = 0; c < 26; c ++) {
int l = 0, r = n - 1;
int cnt = 0;
while(l <= r) {
if (s[l] == s[r]) {
l ++, r --;
}
else if (s[l] == char(c + 'a')) {
l ++;
cnt ++;
}
else if (s[r] == char(c + 'a')) {
r --;
cnt ++;
}
else {
cnt = n + 1;
break;
}
}
ans = min(ans, cnt);
}
if (ans == n + 1) ans = - 1;
cout << ans << endl;
}
int main () {
int t;
cin >> t;
while (t --) solve();
return 0;
}
因为最终只删除一个字母,而字母表只有26个,所以可以遍历所有删除的可能。然后取最小值