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How can I optimize Palindrome Reorder problem's solution on CSES.fi?
By meirbekbolatbekov002, history, 3 years ago, In English

This code passes majority of testcases on CSES.fi except the ones from 6-9 for which I keep getting TLE. Tried many times, but could not fix it. Any hints?

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3 years ago, # |
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SOLVED! But anyway, I want to know on which part you'd possibly make optimizations.. In case your method differs with mine it might be a pretty useful insight to know ^_^

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    String concatenation may take a lot of time, as it copies the whole string a, add a char, then write the resulting string to a (This actually depends on some factor, such as the language, compiler, etc, I dont really understand about that too). Instead of building the string ans, you can decide whether an answer exist (the d value in your code) and if it does, print the output as you go through the array cnt[] twice, one for the first half of the answer, and the other for the second half.

    Relevant blog : https://codeforces.me/blog/entry/94701

    Edit : Added a link to relevant blog

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Hey can anyone tell me what is wrong with my code? code:https://cses.fi/paste/40be0ebd00f6670b964b3d/![ ](https://i.imgur.com/s5JhwIp.png) my code is giving wa on thes test cases :

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