mincww = 999 s = gets s.length.times do |i| next unless s[i] == 'c' wcnt = 0 (i..s.length).each do |j| next unless s[j] == 'w' wcnt += 1 mincww = [mincww, j - i + 1].min if wcnt == 2 end end mincww = -1 if mincww == 999 p mincww