Problem:
Score : 400 points

Problem Statement

We have a string s consisting of lowercase English letters.
Snuke can perform the following operation repeatedly:

Insert a letter x to any position in s of his choice, including the beginning and end of s.

Snuke's objective is to turn s into a palindrome.
Determine whether the objective is achievable. If it is achievable, find the minimum number of operations required.

Notes

A palindrome is a string that reads the same forward and backward.
For example, a, aa, abba and abcba are palindromes, while ab, abab and abcda are not.

Constraints

1 \leq |s| \leq 10^5

s consists of lowercase English letters.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

s

Output

If the objective is achievable, print the number of operations required.
If it is not, print -1 instead.

Sample Input 1

xabxa

Sample Output 1

2

One solution is as follows (newly inserted x are shown in bold):

xabxa → xaxbxa → xaxbxax

Sample Input 2

ab

Sample Output 2

-1

No sequence of operations can turn s into a palindrome.

Sample Input 3

a

Sample Output 3

0

s is a palindrome already at the beginning.

Sample Input 4

oxxx

Sample Output 4

3

One solution is as follows:

oxxx → xoxxx → xxoxxx → xxxoxxx

Solution in Java8 (OpenJDK 1.8.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;


public class Main {

	private static Scanner sc;
	private static Printer pr;

	private static void solve() {
		char[] s = sc.next().toCharArray();
		int n = s.length;

		Deque<Character> dq = new ArrayDeque<>(n);
		for (char c : s) {
			dq.addLast(c);
		}

		int ans = 0;
		while (!dq.isEmpty()) {
			if (dq.size() > 1) {
				char cf = dq.getFirst();
				char cl = dq.getLast();

				if (cf == cl) {
					dq.removeFirst();
					dq.removeLast();
				} else if (cf == 'x') {
					dq.removeFirst();
					ans++;
				} else if (cl == 'x') {
					dq.removeLast();
					ans++;
				} else {
					pr.println(-1);
					return;
				}
			} else {
				dq.remove();
			}
		}

		pr.println(ans);
	}

	// ---------------------------------------------------
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		sc = new Scanner(System.in);
		pr = new Printer(System.out);

		solve();

		pr.close();
		sc.close();
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
	private static class Scanner {
		BufferedReader br;

		Scanner (InputStream in) {
			br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
		}

		private boolean isPrintable(int ch) {
			return ch >= '!' && ch <= '~';
		}

		private boolean isCRLF(int ch) {
			return ch == '\n' || ch == '\r' || ch == -1;
		}

		private int nextPrintable() {
			try {
				int ch;
				while (!isPrintable(ch = br.read())) {
					if (ch == -1) {
						throw new NoSuchElementException();
					}
				}

				return ch;
			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new NoSuchElementException();
			}
		}

		String next() {
			try {
				int ch = nextPrintable();
				StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
				do {
					sb.appendCodePoint(ch);
				} while (isPrintable(ch = br.read()));

				return sb.toString();
			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new NoSuchElementException();
			}
		}

		int nextInt() {
			try {
				// parseInt from Integer.parseInt()
				boolean negative = false;
				int res = 0;
				int limit = -Integer.MAX_VALUE;
				int radix = 10;

				int fc = nextPrintable();
				if (fc < '0') {
					if (fc == '-') {
						negative = true;
						limit = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
					} else if (fc != '+') {
						throw new NumberFormatException();
					}
					fc = br.read();
				}
				int multmin = limit / radix;

				int ch = fc;
				do {
					int digit = ch - '0';
					if (digit < 0 || digit >= radix) {
						throw new NumberFormatException();
					}
					if (res < multmin) {
						throw new NumberFormatException();
					}
					res *= radix;
					if (res < limit + digit) {
						throw new NumberFormatException();
					}
					res -= digit;

				} while (isPrintable(ch = br.read()));

				return negative ? res : -res;
			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new NoSuchElementException();
			}
		}

		long nextLong() {
			try {
				// parseLong from Long.parseLong()
				boolean negative = false;
				long res = 0;
				long limit = -Long.MAX_VALUE;
				int radix = 10;

				int fc = nextPrintable();
				if (fc < '0') {
					if (fc == '-') {
						negative = true;
						limit = Long.MIN_VALUE;
					} else if (fc != '+') {
						throw new NumberFormatException();
					}
					fc = br.read();
				}
				long multmin = limit / radix;

				int ch = fc;
				do {
					int digit = ch - '0';
					if (digit < 0 || digit >= radix) {
						throw new NumberFormatException();
					}
					if (res < multmin) {
						throw new NumberFormatException();
					}
					res *= radix;
					if (res < limit + digit) {
						throw new NumberFormatException();
					}
					res -= digit;

				} while (isPrintable(ch = br.read()));

				return negative ? res : -res;
			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new NoSuchElementException();
			}
		}

		float nextFloat() {
			return Float.parseFloat(next());
		}

		double nextDouble() {
			return Double.parseDouble(next());
		}

		String nextLine() {
			try {
				int ch;
				while (isCRLF(ch = br.read())) {
					if (ch == -1) {
						throw new NoSuchElementException();
					}
				}
				StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
				do {
					sb.appendCodePoint(ch);
				} while (!isCRLF(ch = br.read()));

				return sb.toString();
			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new NoSuchElementException();
			}
		}

		void close() {
			try {
				br.close();
			} catch (IOException e) {
//				throw new NoSuchElementException();
			}
		}
	}

	private static class Printer extends PrintWriter {
		Printer(PrintStream out) {
			super(out);
		}
	}
}