首先读取所有的字符串,注意要保存所有字符串的读入顺序以及相应的反序(因为小朋友们维成的图形实际上是一个圆)。然后对所有读入的串按照长度进行排序,便于后续的处理,紧接着去除那些包含于其他某个串的串,最后就是计算串与串之间的重合的字符的个数。紧接着按照紫书的思路,从第一个串开始,后续的串加入到当前的集合当中,同时维护当前的除掉重合部分的长度,注意加入的同时既要加入原来的串也要加入原来串的反向串。最后还要处理结尾的串和起始串的重合部分,得出最终的结果。注意小孩子的个数最少为两个人。具体首先见如下代码:
#include<iostream>
#include<vector>
#include<string>
#include<set>
#include<stack>
#include<queue>
#include<map>
#include<algorithm>
#include<cmath>
#include<iomanip>
#include<cstring>
#include<sstream>
#include<cstdio>
#include<deque>
using namespace std;
int N;
struct node{
string fir, sec;
};
bool compare(const node a,const node b){
return a.fir.length() < b.fir.length();
}
vector<node> record;
int repeat[20][2][20][2];
int dp[1 << 16][20][2];
vector<node> record2;
int cal_Rep(string a,string b){
int n1 = a.size();
int n2 = b.size();
for (int i = 1; i < n1; i++){
if (i + n2 <= n1) continue;
bool suc = true;
for (int j = 0; i + j < n1; j++){
if (a[i + j] != b[j]){
suc = false;
break;
}
}
if (suc) return n1 - i;
}
return 0;
}
void simple(){
int amount = record.size();
for (int i = 0; i < amount; i++){
bool need = true;
for (int j = i + 1; j < amount; j++){
if (record[j].fir.find(record[i].fir) != string::npos ||
record[j].sec.find(record[i].sec) != string::npos){
need = false;
break;
}
}
if (need){
record2.push_back(record[i]);
}
}
amount = record2.size();
memset(repeat,0,sizeof(repeat));
for (int i = 0; i < amount; i++){
for (int j = 0; j < amount; j++){
repeat[i][0][j][0] = cal_Rep(record2[i].fir, record2[j].fir);
repeat[i][1][j][0] = cal_Rep(record2[i].sec, record2[j].fir);
repeat[i][0][j][1] = cal_Rep(record2[i].fir, record2[j].sec);
repeat[i][1][j][1] = cal_Rep(record2[i].sec, record2[j].sec);
}
}
}
void solve(){
dp[1][0][0] = record2[0].fir.size();
int amount = record2.size();
N = amount;
for (int s = 1; s < (1 << N) - 1; s++){
for (int i = 0; i < amount; i++){
for (int j = 0; j < 2; j++){
if (dp[s][i][j] != -1){
for (int k = 0; k < amount; k++){
if (!(s&(1 << k))){
for (int t = 0; t < 2; t++){
if (dp[s | (1 << k)][k][t] == -1)
dp[s | (1 << k)][k][t] = dp[s][i][j] + record2[k].fir.size() - repeat[i][j][k][t];
else
dp[s | (1 << k)][k][t] =
min(dp[s | (1 << k)][k][t],
(int)(dp[s][i][j] + record2[k].fir.size() - repeat[i][j][k][t]));
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
int res = -1;
int total = (1 << N) - 1;
for (int i = 0; i < amount; i++){
for (int j = 0; j < 2; j++){
if (dp[total][i][j] != -1){
if (res == -1) res = dp[total][i][j] - repeat[i][j][0][0];
else
res = min(res, dp[total][i][j] - repeat[i][j][0][0]);
}
}
}
if (res <=1 ) res = 2;
cout << res << endl;
}
int main(){
while (cin >> N&&N){
record.clear();
record2.clear();
for (int i = 0; i < N; i++){
node temp;
cin >> temp.fir;
temp.sec = temp.fir;
reverse(temp.sec.begin(), temp.sec.end());
record.push_back(temp);
}
sort(record.begin(),record.end(),compare);
memset(dp, -1, sizeof(dp));
simple();
solve();
}
return 0;
}