minimum number of words in beginning to make it palindrome code example
Example: minimum number of cycle shifts for each string if it can be made palindrome
import java.util.Scanner;
public class PalyndromeTest {
static boolean isPalyndrome(String s, int shift) {
int n = s.length();
if(shift < 0) shift+=n;
for(int pos = 0; pos < n/2; pos++) {
if(s.charAt((pos+shift)%n) != s.charAt((n-pos-1+shift)%n))
return false;
}
return true;
}
static int findShift(String s) {
for(int shift = 0; shift <= s.length()/2; shift++) {
if(isPalyndrome(s, shift) || isPalyndrome(s, -shift))
return shift;
}
return -1;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
int count = s.nextInt();
s.nextLine();
for(int i=0; i<count; i++) {
System.out.println(findShift(s.nextLine()));
}
}
}