Score : $300$ points
Given is a positive integer $N$, where none of the digits is $0$.
Let $k$ be the number of digits in $N$. We want to make a multiple of $3$ by erasing at least $0$ and at most $k-1$ digits from $N$ and concatenating the remaining digits without changing the order.
Determine whether it is possible to make a multiple of $3$ in this way. If it is possible, find the minimum number of digits that must be erased to make such a number.
Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:
$N$
If it is impossible to make a multiple of $3$, print -1
; otherwise, print the minimum number of digits that must be erased to make such a number.
35
1
By erasing the $5$, we get the number $3$, which is a multiple of $3$. Here we erased the minimum possible number of digits - $1$.
369
0
Note that we can choose to erase no digit.
6227384
1
For example, by erasing the $8$, we get the number $622734$, which is a multiple of $3$.
11
-1
Note that we must erase at least $0$ and at most $k-1$ digits, where $k$ is the number of digits in $N$, so we cannot erase all the digits.
In this case, it is impossible to make a multiple of $3$ in the way described in the problem statement, so we should print -1
.