Problem10963--Codility - Genomic Range Query

10963: Codility - Genomic Range Query

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Time Limit : 1.000 sec  Memory Limit : 512 MiB

Description

Find the minimal nucleotide from a range of sequence DNA.

A DNA sequence can be represented as a string consisting of the letters A,C,G and T, which correspond to the types of successive nucleotides in the sequence. Each nucleotide has an impact factor, which is an integer. Nucleotides of types A,C,G and T have impact factors of 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. You are going to answer several queries of the form: What is the minimal impact factor of nucleotides contained in a particular part of the given DNA sequence?

The DNA sequence is given as a non-empty string $S = S_0S_1...S_{N-1}$ consisting of $N$ characters. There are $M$ queries, which are given in non-empty arrays $P$ and $Q$, each consisting of $M$ integers. The $K$-th query $(0 ≤ K < M)$ requires you to find the minimal impact factor of nucleotides contained in the DNA sequence between positions $P_K$ and $Q_K$ (inclusive).

For example, consider string $S =$ CAGCCTA and arrays $P, Q$ such that:

P[0] = 2 Q[0] = 4 
P[1] = 5 Q[1] = 5 
P[2] = 0 Q[2] = 6

The answers to these $M = 3$ queries are as follows:

  • The part of the DNA between positions 2 and 4 contains nucleotides G and C (twice), whose impact factors are 3 and 2 respectively, so the answer is 2.
  • The part between positions 5 and 5 contains a single nucleotide T, whose impact factor is 4, so the answer is 4.
  • The part between positions 0 and 6 (the whole string) contains all nucleotides, in particular nucleotide A whose impact factor is 1, so the answer is 1.


Input

Write an efficient algorithm for the following assumptions:

  • N is an integer within the range [1..100,000];
  • M is an integer within the range [1..50,000];
  • each element of arrays P and Q is an integer within the range [0..N - 1];
  • P[K] ≤ Q[K], where 0 ≤ K < M;
  • string S consists only of upper-case English letter A,C,G,T.

Output

returns an array consisting of M integers specifying the consecutive answers to all queries.

Sample 1 Input

7
CAGCCTA
3
2 4
5 5
0 6

Sample 1 Output

2
4
1

HINT

Codility.

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