MC - Minimum Cost
Problem Statement
Given two string S and T. You can delete a character from S with cost 15 and a Character T with cost 30. Your goal is to make the string equal (same). It is not mandatory to delete character.
For example: S = aXb and T = Yab. Now, if we delete X from S and Y from T, then total cost = 15 + 30 = 45. And S and T will become ab.
Another example: S = ab , T = cd, Now total cost = 15 + 15 + 30 + 30 = 90.
Another example: S = abcd, T = acdb, Now total cost = 15 + 30 = 45.
Input
Input consists of pairs of lines. The first line of a pair contains the first string S and the second line contains the second string T. Each string is on a separate line and consists of at most 1,000 characters . The end of input occurs when the first sequence starts with an "#
" character (without the quotes).
Output
For each subsequent pair of input lines, output a line containing one integer number which the minimum cost to make the string equal (same).
Sample Input/Output
Sample Input |
Sample Output |
axb yab ab cd ko p abcd acdb # |
45 90 60 45 |
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Problem Setter: Shipu Ahamed, Dept. of CSE
Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT)
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Prime virus:
2014-03-14 23:18:48
nice one :) |
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Anant Kumar:
2013-10-18 22:53:52
That moment when you get the idea and the hard question becomes piece of cake(in Ouditchya
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Hasil Sharma:
2013-10-18 22:53:52
really easy with python :) Best solution in python \m/ and working on it to make it better ..... Last edit: 2013-07-02 18:57:34 |
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SilentKiller:
2013-10-18 22:53:52
Input ends when first character of first string is '#' not with "#" Costed two WA
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Ouditchya Sinha:
2013-10-18 22:53:52
Piece of Cake! :) |
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Hasil Sharma:
2013-10-18 22:53:52
S = abcd , T = acdb
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nitish rao:
2013-10-18 22:53:52
can the length of a string be zero??
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Added by: | Shipu Ahamed |
Date: | 2013-06-15 |
Time limit: | 1s |
Source limit: | 50000B |
Memory limit: | 1536MB |
Cluster: | Cube (Intel G860) |
Languages: | All except: ASM64 |
Resource: | BAPS |