Problem p02597 (C++) — buggy submission, verdict: Time Limit Exceeded

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define eps 1e-6
#define ll long long
#define IOS                                                                    \\
  cin.sync_with_stdio(false);                                                  \\
  cin.tie(0);                                                                  \\
  cout.tie(0);
// #define int long long
#define MEM(x, y) memset(x, y, sizeof(x))
#define rep(i, a, n) for (int i = a; i < n; i++)
#define fi first
#define se second
#define endl "\\n"
#define pii pair<int, int>
#define fi first
#define se second
const ll mod = 1000000007;
const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;
const ll INF = 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f;
ll Max(ll a, ll b) { return a >= b ? a : b; }
ll Min(ll a, ll b) { return a <= b ? a : b; }
ll qpow(ll a, ll b) {
  ll s = 1;
  while (b > 0) {
    if (b % 2 == 1) {
      s = s * a;
    }
    a = a * a;
    b = b >> 1;
  }
  return s;
}
ll qpowmod(ll a, ll b, ll c) {
  ll res, t;
  res = 1;
  t = a % c;
  while (b) {
    if (b & 1) {
      res = res * t % c;
    }
    t = t * t % c;
    b >>= 1;
  }
  return res;
}
ll gcd(ll a, ll b) { return b ? gcd(b, a % b) : a; }
ll lcm(ll a, ll b) { return a / gcd(a, b) * b; }
inline long long read() {
  long long k = 0, f = 1;
  char ch = getchar();
  while (ch < '0' || ch > '9') {
    if (ch == '-')
      f = -1;
    ch = getchar();
  }
  while (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') {
    k = k * 10 + ch - '0';
    ch = getchar();
  }
  return k * f;
}
inline void write(long long x) {
  if (x < 0)
    x = -x, putchar('-');
  if (x > 9)
    write(x / 10);
  putchar(x % 10 + '0');
}
using namespace std;
// head file

int main() {
  int n;
  cin >> n;
  string ss;
  cin >> ss;
  int cnt = 0;
  int st = 0, ed = ss.size() - 1;
  while (st <= ed) {
    if (ss[st] == 'W' && ss[ed] == 'R') {
      cnt++;
      st++;
      ed--;
    }
    if (ss[st] == 'R' && ss[ed] == 'R') {
      st++;
    }
    if (ss[st] == 'W' && ss[ed] == 'W') {
      ed--;
    }
    if (ss[st] == 'R' && ss[ed] == 'W') {
      st++;
      ed--;
    }
  }
  cout << cnt << endl;
  return 0;
}


Error: TLE

Fixed submission:

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define eps 1e-6
#define ll long long
#define IOS                                                                    \\
  cin.sync_with_stdio(false);                                                  \\
  cin.tie(0);                                                                  \\
  cout.tie(0);
// #define int long long
#define MEM(x, y) memset(x, y, sizeof(x))
#define rep(i, a, n) for (int i = a; i < n; i++)
#define fi first
#define se second
#define endl "\\n"
#define pii pair<int, int>
#define fi first
#define se second
const ll mod = 1000000007;
const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;
const ll INF = 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f;
ll Max(ll a, ll b) { return a >= b ? a : b; }
ll Min(ll a, ll b) { return a <= b ? a : b; }
ll qpow(ll a, ll b) {
  ll s = 1;
  while (b > 0) {
    if (b % 2 == 1) {
      s = s * a;
    }
    a = a * a;
    b = b >> 1;
  }
  return s;
}
ll qpowmod(ll a, ll b, ll c) {
  ll res, t;
  res = 1;
  t = a % c;
  while (b) {
    if (b & 1) {
      res = res * t % c;
    }
    t = t * t % c;
    b >>= 1;
  }
  return res;
}
ll gcd(ll a, ll b) { return b ? gcd(b, a % b) : a; }
ll lcm(ll a, ll b) { return a / gcd(a, b) * b; }
inline long long read() {
  long long k = 0, f = 1;
  char ch = getchar();
  while (ch < '0' || ch > '9') {
    if (ch == '-')
      f = -1;
    ch = getchar();
  }
  while (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') {
    k = k * 10 + ch - '0';
    ch = getchar();
  }
  return k * f;
}
inline void write(long long x) {
  if (x < 0)
    x = -x, putchar('-');
  if (x > 9)
    write(x / 10);
  putchar(x % 10 + '0');
}
using namespace std;
// head file

int main() {
  int n;
  cin >> n;
  string ss;
  cin >> ss;
  int cnt = 0;
  int st = 0, ed = ss.size() - 1;
  while (st <= ed) {
    if (ss[st] == 'W' && ss[ed] == 'R') {
      cnt++;
      st++;
      ed--;
    }
    if (ss[st] == 'R' && ss[ed] == 'R') {
      st++;
    }
    if (ss[st] == 'W' && ss[ed] == 'W') {
      ed--;
    }
  }
  cout << cnt << endl;
  return 0;
}