Count how many substrings start and end with the same character (simple logic).
Difficulty: Hard
Phase: 5 · Strings
XP Reward: 30 XP
Topics: Strings, Hard
Supported Languages: Python, JavaScript, C, C++, Java
Problem Description
Count how many non-empty substrings begin and end with the exact same character. Input Format: Read input from standard input (stdin). Output Format: Print the result to standard output (stdout).
Constraints
- -10^9 <= N <= 10^9
Examples
Example 1
Input: aba
Output: 4
Explanation: Sample execution for input aba