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ABC258 C — Rotation

ABC258 C — Rotation: a C++ solution using direct simulation. Learn the idea, check the complexity, and read the full code, with credit to michimani AtCoder Solutions.

Technique
Direct simulation
Source
michimani AtCoder Solutions
Length
26 lines
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Try the problem first. If you get stuck, read the approach below, then write your own solution. The full code is at the bottom.

Approach

Direct simulation

For ABC258 C — Rotation, 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

  • 26 lines of C++ from the credited upstream file abc258_c.cpp.
  • The implementation keeps its working state in language-native values and containers.
  • 1 loop block 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 michimani AtCoder Solutions by michimani and is used under the MIT licence.

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Full codeABC258 C — Rotation · C++C++
Use this to learn the idea, then write your own version.
#include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() {    unsigned int n, q;    cin >> n >> q;     string s;    cin >> s;     unsigned int d = 0;    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < q; i++) {        unsigned int a, x;        cin >> a >> x;         if (a == 1) {            d += (n - x);            d = d % n;        } else {            cout << s[(x - 1 + d) % n] << endl;        }    }     return 0;}

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