#include #include #include #include class LC230829 { public: static int bestClosingTime(const std::string&); }; int LC230829::bestClosingTime(const std::string& c) { const std::size_t n = c.size(); std::vector prefix(n), suffix(n); prefix[0] = (c[0] == 'N'); for (std::size_t i = 1; i < n; ++i) prefix[i] = prefix[i - 1] + (c[i] == 'N'); suffix[n - 1] = (c[n - 1] == 'Y'); for (std::size_t i = n - 1; i--; ) suffix[i] = suffix[i + 1] + (c[i] == 'Y'); std::size_t ret = n, sum = std::count(c.begin(), c.end(), 'N'); for (std::size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i) if (auto s = prefix[i] + suffix[i] - (c[i] == 'N'); s < sum || (s == sum && i < ret)) sum = s, ret = i; return ret; }