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ABC308 E — MEX

ABC308 E — MEX: a Python solution using direct simulation. Learn the idea, check the complexity, and read the full code, with credit to KATO-Hiro AtCoder Solutions.

Technique
Direct simulation
Source
KATO-Hiro AtCoder Solutions
Length
57 lines
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Approach

Direct simulation

For ABC308 E — MEX, the implementation follows the problem’s operations directly while maintaining only the state needed for the next decision.

  1. Translate each rule into one explicit state update.
  2. Maintain the invariant after every processed item.
  3. Return the accumulated state once all relevant input has been handled.

Code notes

  • 57 lines of Python from the credited upstream file abc308_e.py.
  • The implementation visibly relies on sequence storage, ordered lookup.
  • No explicit loop blocks detected.

Complexity

Count the number and nesting of passes over the input, then include the maintained containers in the memory estimate.

Check the problem constraints before deciding whether this complexity will pass.

Source

Code and credit

This code comes from KATO-Hiro AtCoder Solutions by KATO-Hiro and is used under the CC0-1.0 licence.

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Full codeABC308 E — MEX · PythonPython
Use this to learn the idea, then write your own version.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-  def mex(x, y, z):    used = [False] * 4     for i in [x, y, z]:        used[i] = True     for i, u in enumerate(used):        if not u:            return i  def main():    import sys     input = sys.stdin.readline     n = int(input())    a = list(map(int, input().split()))    s = input().rstrip()     # jを固定 + i < j、j < kとなる個数を累積和で計算    acc_m = [[0 for _ in range(n)] for _ in range(3)]    acc_x = [[0 for _ in range(n)] for _ in range(3)]     for i, (si, ai) in enumerate(zip(s, a)):        if i > 0:            for y in range(3):                acc_m[y][i] = acc_m[y][i - 1]                acc_x[y][i] = acc_x[y][i - 1]         if si == "M":            acc_m[ai][i] += 1        elif si == "X":            acc_x[ai][i] += 1     ans = 0     for j, (si, ai) in enumerate(zip(s, a)):        if j == 0 or j == n - 1:            continue         if si != "E":            continue         for x in range(3):            for y in range(3):                ans += acc_m[x][j - 1] * (acc_x[y][n - 1] - acc_x[y][j]) * mex(x, y, ai)     print(ans)  if __name__ == "__main__":    main()

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