Palindrome Partition Cuts Problem

Palindrome Partition Cuts Problem — ExecCode Hard DSA Practice

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Problem description

Split a string into palindromic pieces. Return the minimum number of cuts (not the number of pieces). A palindrome needs 0 cuts. This is Palindrome Partitioning II, a frequent Amazon OA hard. Return the fewest cuts so every piece is a palindrome. You are given: s — lowercase string Return integer cuts >= 0. If s is already a palindrome, answer 0.

Examples

Input {'s': 'aab'}; Output 1. Input {'s': 'a'}; Output 0. Input {'s': 'ab'}; Output 1

Constraints

Pieces must be non-empty contiguous substrings A single character is a palindrome

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