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Problem: Minimum Number of Moves to Make Palindrome

hard
40 min
Explore how to use the two-pointer approach to determine the minimum number of adjacent character swaps needed to convert a given string into a palindrome. Understand problem constraints and implement an efficient solution that guarantees transforming any valid input into a palindrome.

Statement

Given a string s, return the minimum number of moves required to transform s into a palindrome. In each move, you can swap any two adjacent characters in s.

Note: The input string is guaranteed to be convertible into a palindrome.

Constraints:

  • 11 \le s.length 2000\le 2000

  • s consists of only lowercase English letters.

  • s is guaranteed to be converted into a palindrome in a finite number of moves.

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Problem: Minimum Number of Moves to Make Palindrome

hard
40 min
Explore how to use the two-pointer approach to determine the minimum number of adjacent character swaps needed to convert a given string into a palindrome. Understand problem constraints and implement an efficient solution that guarantees transforming any valid input into a palindrome.

Statement

Given a string s, return the minimum number of moves required to transform s into a palindrome. In each move, you can swap any two adjacent characters in s.

Note: The input string is guaranteed to be convertible into a palindrome.

Constraints:

  • 11 \le s.length 2000\le 2000

  • s consists of only lowercase English letters.

  • s is guaranteed to be converted into a palindrome in a finite number of moves.

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