#USACOC2214A. Lonely Photo
Lonely Photo
Description
Farmer John has recently acquired new cows , each of whose breed is either Guernsey or Holstein.
The cows are currently standing in a line, and Farmer John wants take a photoof every sequence of three or more consecutive cows. However, he doesn't wantto take a photo in which there is exactly one cow whose breed is Guernsey orexactly one cow whose breed is Holstein --- he reckons this singular cow wouldfeel isolated and self-conscious. After taking a photo of every sequence of three or more cows, he throws out all of these so-called "lonely" photos, inwhich there is exactly one Guernsey or exactly one Holstein.
Given the lineup of cows, please help Farmer John determine how many lonelyphotos he will throw out. Two photos are different if they start or end atdifferent cows in the lineup.
Input Format
The first line of input contains .
The second line contains a string of characters. The -th character is G
if the -th cow in the line is a Guernsey. Otherwise, it will be an H
and the -th cow is a Holstein.
Output Format
Please print the number of photos Farmer John will throw out because they arelonely.
5
GHGHG
5
GHGHG
Scoring
- Test cases 2 through 4 have .
- Test cases 5 through 10 have .
- For a bit more challenge, test case 11 has no other constraints. Note thatthe answer for this case might be too large to fit into a standard 32-bitinteger, and might require use of larger integer types (e.g., a 64-bit
long long int
type in C++).
Problem Credit
Problem credits: Nick Wu