LeetCode 1332: Remove Palindromic Subsequences Solution

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1332. Remove Palindromic Subsequences

Problem Explanation

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we need to observe that the given string consists of only two characters 'a' and 'b'. Since a palindrome is a string that reads the same backward as forward, in this case, if the given string is either empty or already a palindrome, we can remove it in one step. If the string is not empty and not a palindrome, we can remove all the 'a's first and then all the 'b's in the subsequent steps, making a total of 2 steps.

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Solution Code

class Solution {
    public int removePalindromeSub(String s) {
        if (s.isEmpty()) {
            return 0;
        } else if (isPalindrome(s)) {
            return 1;
        } else {
            return 2;
        }
    }
    
    private boolean isPalindrome(String s) {
        int i = 0, j = s.length() - 1;
        while (i < j) {
            if (s.charAt(i) != s.charAt(j)) {
                return false;
            }
            i++;
            j--;
        }
        return true;
    }
}

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