#include #include #include #include static size_t react(char *buf, size_t len) { for (size_t i = 0; i < len - 1; ++i) { if (tolower(buf[i]) != tolower(buf[i + 1])) continue; if (islower(buf[i]) == islower(buf[i + 1])) continue; len -= 2; memmove(&buf[i], &buf[i + 2], len - i); i = (size_t)-1; } return len; } int main() { char buf[50000]; size_t len = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf), stdin); char buf1[50000]; memcpy(buf1, buf, len); printf("%zu\n", react(buf1, len)); size_t min = len; for (char x = 'a'; x <= 'z'; ++x) { char buf2[50000]; size_t len2 = 0; for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) { if (tolower(buf[i]) == x) continue; buf2[len2++] = buf[i]; } len2 = react(buf2, len2); if (len2 < min) min = len2; } printf("%zu\n", min); }