刚开始还在想双指针,完全没必要。然后最土的可以扫两遍O(n),用一个数组记录出现次数。然后想到如果数组里记录出现的位置,可以只扫一遍O(n),第二遍扫字符集就行了。
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
#define INF 1<<30
int main()
{
string s;
while (cin >> s)
{
int len = s.length();
if (len == 0)
{
cout << "-1" << endl;
continue;
}
int count[26];
for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++)
{
count[i] = -1;
}
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if (count[s[i]-'A'] == -1)
{
count[s[i]-'A'] = i; // save the first position
}
else
{
count[s[i]-'A'] = INF;
}
}
int min = INF;
for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++)
{
if (min > count[i] && count[i] != -1) min = count[i];
}
if (min != INF) cout << min << endl;
else cout << -1 << endl;
}
return 0;
}