結果
| 問題 | 
                            No.2209 Flip and Reverse
                             | 
                    
| コンテスト | |
| ユーザー | 
                             lam6er
                         | 
                    
| 提出日時 | 2025-03-20 20:27:00 | 
| 言語 | PyPy3  (7.3.15)  | 
                    
| 結果 | 
                             
                                AC
                                 
                             
                            
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| 実行時間 | 426 ms / 2,000 ms | 
| コード長 | 1,572 bytes | 
| コンパイル時間 | 309 ms | 
| コンパイル使用メモリ | 82,796 KB | 
| 実行使用メモリ | 272,324 KB | 
| 最終ジャッジ日時 | 2025-03-20 20:28:42 | 
| 合計ジャッジ時間 | 9,945 ms | 
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                            ジャッジサーバーID (参考情報)  | 
                        judge1 / judge3 | 
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| ファイルパターン | 結果 | 
|---|---|
| sample | AC * 4 | 
| other | AC * 30 | 
ソースコード
n = int(input())
s = input().strip()
t = input().strip()
def compute_min_steps(s, t_target, reversed_t):
    delta = []
    for i in range(n):
        delta.append(int(s[i] != t_target[i]))
    c1 = 0
    c3 = 0
    cmid = 0
    # Process mirror pairs
    processed = [False] * n
    for x in range(n):
        y = n - 1 - x
        if x >= y:
            break
        processed[x] = processed[y] = True
        dx = delta[x]
        dy = delta[y]
        if dx == dy:
            if dx == 0:
                pass  # c0 +=1
            else:
                c3 +=1  # contributes 2 steps, adds 1 to both groups
        else:
            c1 +=1  # contributes 1 step, allocated to group A or B
    # Check middle element
    if n % 2 == 1:
        mid = n // 2
        if delta[mid] == 1:
            cmid +=1
    return (c3, c1, cmid)
# Case even m: target is T
reversed_t_even = list(t)
c3_even, c1_even, cmid_even = compute_min_steps(s, reversed_t_even, False)
steps_even = 2 * c3_even + c1_even + cmid_even
valid_even = False
if (c1_even + cmid_even) % 2 == 0 and steps_even % 2 == 0:
    valid_even = True
# Case odd m: target is reversed T
reversed_t_odd = list(t[::-1])
c3_odd, c1_odd, cmid_odd = compute_min_steps(s, reversed_t_odd, True)
steps_odd = 2 * c3_odd + c1_odd + cmid_odd
valid_odd = False
if (c1_odd + cmid_odd) % 2 == 1 and steps_odd % 2 == 1:
    valid_odd = True
candidates = []
if valid_even:
    candidates.append(steps_even)
if valid_odd:
    candidates.append(steps_odd)
if len(candidates) == 0:
    print(-1)
else:
    print(min(candidates))
            
            
            
        
            
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