Language: C++



Q) Given is a string S. Let T be the concatenation of K copies of S. We can repeatedly perform the following operation: choose a character in T and replace it with a different character. Find the minimum number of operations required to satisfy the following condition: any two adjacent characters in T are different.




#include<iostream>
#include<string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
int i,k,t=0,l=1,u=1,p;
  string s;
  cin>>s>>k;
  if(s[0]==s[s.length()-1])
     {
       while(s[l-1]==s[l])
         ++l;
        while(s[s.length()-u]==s[s.length()-u-1])
         ++u;
     }
  for(i=l-1;i<s.length()-u-1;)
  {
p=1;i++;
    while(((i+1)<s.length())&&(s[i]==s[i+1]))
          {i++;p++;}
          t+=p/2;
          }
  t*=k;
if(s[0]==s[s.length()-1])
t+=(((l+u)/2)*(k-1));
t+=(u/2 + l/2);
  cout<<t;
  return 0;
}
  

Compiler output:
a.cc:3:1: error: 'Q' does not name a type
    3 | Q) Given is a string S. Let T be the concatenation of K copies of S. We can repeatedly perform the following operation: choose a character in T and replace it with a different character. Find the minimum number of operations required to satisfy the following condition: any two adjacent characters in T are different.
      | ^
In file included from /usr/include/c++/14/iosfwd:42,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/ios:40,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/ostream:40,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/iostream:41,
                 from a.cc:8:
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/postypes.h:68:11: error: 'ptrdiff_t' does not name a type
   68 |   typedef ptrdiff_t     streamsize; // Signed integral type
      |           ^~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/postypes.h:41:1: note: 'ptrdiff_t' is defined in header '<cstddef>'; this is probably fixable by adding '#include <cstddef>'
   40 | #include <cwchar> // For mbstate_t
  +++ |+#include <cstddef>
   41 | 
In file included from /usr/include/c++/14/bits/exception_ptr.h:38,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/exception:166,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/ios:41:
/usr/include/c++/14/new:131:26: error: declaration of 'operator new' as non-function
  131 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new(std::size_t) _GLIBCXX_THROW (std::bad_alloc)
      |                          ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:131:44: error: 'size_t' is not a member of 'std'; did you mean 'size_t'?
  131 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new(std::size_t) _GLIBCXX_THROW (std::bad_alloc)
      |                                            ^~~~~~
In file included from /usr/include/wchar.h:35,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/cwchar:44,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/bits/postypes.h:40:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/14/include/stddef.h:214:23: note: 'size_t' declared here
  214 | typedef __SIZE_TYPE__ size_t;
      |                       ^~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:132:41: error: attributes after parenthesized initializer ignored [-fpermissive]
  132 |   __attribute__((__externally_visible__));
      |                                         ^
/usr/include/c++/14/new:133:26: error: declaration of 'operator new []' as non-function
  133 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new[](std::size_t) _GLIBCXX_THROW (std::bad_alloc)
      |                          ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:133:46: error: 'size_t' is not a member of 'std'; did you mean 'size_t'?
  133 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new[](std::size_t) _GLIBCXX_THROW (std::bad_alloc)
      |                                              ^~~~~~
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/14/include/stddef.h:214:23: note: 'size_t' declared here
  214 | typedef __SIZE_TYPE__ size_t;
      |                       ^~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:134:41: error: attributes after parenthesized initializer ignored [-fpermissive]
  134 |   __attribute__((__externally_visible__));
      |                                         ^
/usr/include/c++/14/new:140:29: error: 'std::size_t' has not been declared
  140 | void operator delete(void*, std::size_t) _GLIBCXX_USE_NOEXCEPT
      |                             ^~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:142:31: error: 'std::size_t' has not been declared
  142 | void operator delete[](void*, std::size_t) _GLIBCXX_USE_NOEXCEPT
      |                               ^~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:145:26: error: declaration of 'operator new' as non-function
  145 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new(std::size_t, const std::nothrow_t&) _GLIBCXX_USE_NOEXCEPT
      |                          ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:145:44: error: 'size_t' is not a member of 'std'; did you mean 'size_t'?
  145 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new(std::size_t, const std::nothrow_t&) _GLIBCXX_USE_NOEXCEPT
      |                                            ^~~~~~
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/14/include/stddef.h:214:23: note: 'size_t' declared here
  214 | typedef __SIZE_TYPE__ size_t;
      |                       ^~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:145:52: error: expected primary-expression before 'const'
  145 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new(std::size_t, const std::nothrow_t&) _GLIBCXX_USE_NOEXCEPT
      |                                                    ^~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:147:26: error: declaration of 'operator new []' as non-function
  147 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new[](std::size_t, const std::nothrow_t&) _GLIBCXX_USE_NOEXCEPT
      |                          ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:147:46: error: 'size_t' is not a member of 'std'; did you mean 'size_t'?
  147 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new[](std::size_t, const std::nothrow_t&) _GLIBCXX_USE_NOEXCEPT
      |                                              ^~~~~~
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/14/include/stddef.h:214:23: note: 'size_t' declared here
  214 | typedef __SIZE_TYPE__ size_t;
      |                       ^~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:147:54: error: expected primary-expression before 'const'
  147 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new[](std::size_t, const std::nothrow_t&) _GLIBCXX_USE_NOEXCEPT
      |                                                      ^~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:154:26: error: declaration of 'operator new' as non-function
  154 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new(std::size_t, std::align_val_t)
      |                          ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:154:44: error: 'size_t' is not a member of 'std'; did you mean 'size_t'?
  154 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new(std::size_t, std::align_val_t)
      |                                            ^~~~~~
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/14/include/stddef.h:214:23: note: 'size_t' declared here
  214 | typedef __SIZE_TYPE__ size_t;
      |                       ^~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:154:68: error: expected primary-expression before ')' token
  154 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new(std::size_t, std::align_val_t)
      |                                                                    ^
/usr/include/c++/14/new:155:73: error: attributes after parenthesized initializer ignored [-fpermissive]
  155 |   __attribute__((__externally_visible__, __alloc_size__ (1), __malloc__));
      |                                                                         ^
/usr/include/c++/14/new:156:26: error: declaration of 'operator new' as non-function
  156 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new(std::size_t, std::align_val_t, const std::nothrow_t&)
      |                          ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:156:44: error: 'size_t' is not a member of 'std'; did you mean 'size_t'?
  156 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new(std::size_t, std::align_val_t, const std::nothrow_t&)
      |                                            ^~~~~~
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/14/include/stddef.h:214:23: note: 'size_t' declared here
  214 | typedef __SIZE_TYPE__ size_t;
      |                       ^~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:156:68: error: expected primary-expression before ',' token
  156 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new(std::size_t, std::align_val_t, const std::nothrow_t&)
      |                                                                    ^
/usr/include/c++/14/new:156:70: error: expected primary-expression before 'const'
  156 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new(std::size_t, std::align_val_t, const std::nothrow_t&)
      |                                                                      ^~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:162:26: error: declaration of 'operator new []' as non-function
  162 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new[](std::size_t, std::align_val_t)
      |                          ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:162:46: error: 'size_t' is not a member of 'std'; did you mean 'size_t'?
  162 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new[](std::size_t, std::align_val_t)
      |                                              ^~~~~~
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/14/include/stddef.h:214:23: note: 'size_t' declared here
  214 | typedef __SIZE_TYPE__ size_t;
      |                       ^~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:162:70: error: expected primary-expression before ')' token
  162 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new[](std::size_t, std::align_val_t)
      |                                                                      ^
/usr/include/c++/14/new:163:73: error: attributes after parenthesized initializer ignored [-fpermissive]
  163 |   __attribute__((__externally_visible__, __alloc_size__ (1), __malloc__));
      |                                                                         ^
/usr/include/c++/14/new:164:26: error: declaration of 'operator new []' as non-function
  164 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new[](std::size_t, std::align_val_t, const std::nothrow_t&)
      |                          ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:164:46: error: 'size_t' is not a member of 'std'; did you mean 'size_t'?
  164 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new[](std::size_t, std::align_val_t, const std::nothrow_t&)
      |                                              ^~~~~~
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/14/include/stddef.h:214:23: note: 'size_t' declared here
  214 | typedef __SIZE_TYPE__ size_t;
      |                       ^~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:164:70: error: expected primary-expression before ',' token
  164 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new[](std::size_t, std::align_val_t, const std::nothrow_t&)
      |                                                                      ^
/usr/include/c++/14/new:164:72: error: expected primary-expression before 'const'
  164 | _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD void* operator new[](std::size_t, std::align_val_t, const std::nothrow_t&)
      |                                                                        ^~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:171:29: error: 'std::size_t' has not been declared
  171 | void operator delete(void*, std::size_t, std::align_val_t)
      |                             ^~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:173:31: error: 'std::size_t' has not been declared
  173 | void operator delete[](void*, std::size_t, std::align_val_t)
      |                               ^~~
/usr/include/c++/14/new:179:33: error: declaration of 'oper