1974. Minimum Time to Type Word Using Special Typewriter
https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-time-to-type-word-using-special-typewriter
Description
There is a special typewriter with lowercase English letters 'a'
to 'z'
arranged in a circle with a pointer. A character can only be typed if the pointer is pointing to that character. The pointer is initially pointing to the character 'a'
.
Each second, you may perform one of the following operations:
Move the pointer one character counterclockwise or clockwise.
Type the character the pointer is currently on.
Given a string word
, return the minimum number of seconds to type out the characters in word
.
Example 1:
**Input:** word = "abc"
**Output:** 5
**Explanation:**The characters are printed as follows:
- Type the character 'a' in 1 second since the pointer is initially on 'a'.
- Move the pointer clockwise to 'b' in 1 second.
- Type the character 'b' in 1 second.
- Move the pointer clockwise to 'c' in 1 second.
- Type the character 'c' in 1 second.
Example 2:
**Input:** word = "bza"
**Output:** 7
**Explanation:**The characters are printed as follows:
- Move the pointer clockwise to 'b' in 1 second.
- Type the character 'b' in 1 second.
- Move the pointer counterclockwise to 'z' in 2 seconds.
- Type the character 'z' in 1 second.
- Move the pointer clockwise to 'a' in 1 second.
- Type the character 'a' in 1 second.
Example 3:
**Input:** word = "zjpc"
**Output:** 34
**Explanation:**
The characters are printed as follows:
- Move the pointer counterclockwise to 'z' in 1 second.
- Type the character 'z' in 1 second.
- Move the pointer clockwise to 'j' in 10 seconds.
- Type the character 'j' in 1 second.
- Move the pointer clockwise to 'p' in 6 seconds.
- Type the character 'p' in 1 second.
- Move the pointer counterclockwise to 'c' in 13 seconds.
- Type the character 'c' in 1 second.
Constraints:
1 <= word.length <= 100
word
consists of lowercase English letters.
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