#3110
Easy Algorithms Score of a string
String
91.4% acceptance
Feb 23, 2026
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You are given a string s. The score of a string is defined as the sum of the absolute difference between the ASCII values of adjacent characters.
Return the score of s.
Solution
Rust
Time O(1)
Space O(1)
impl Solution {
pub fn score_of_string(s: String) -> i32 {
s.as_bytes()
.windows(2)
.map(|w| (w[0] as i32 - w[1] as i32).abs())
.sum()
}
}