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B - DNA Sequence Editorial by evima


First, let us consider what kinds of strings satisfy the condition.

  • A is complementary to T
  • T is complementary to A
  • C is complementary to G
  • G is complementary to C

Thus, it is necessary and sufficient that:

  • (the number of A) = (the number of T)
  • (the number of C) = (the number of G)

To check if each segment satisfies these conditions, we can, for example, process the segments with the same left end together to solve the problem in a total of \(\mathrm{O}(N^2)\) time.

Bonus: \(N \leq 2 \times 10^5\)

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
    int N;
    string S;
    cin >> N >> S;
    int ans = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
        int c1 = 0, c2 = 0;
        for (int j = i; j < N; ++j) {
            if (S[j] == 'A')
                c1++;
            else if (S[j] == 'T')
                c1--;
            else if (S[j] == 'C')
                c2++;
            else
                c2--;
            if (c1 == 0 && c2 == 0) ans++;
        }
    }
    cout << ans << endl;
    return 0;
}

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