vector manacher(const string& t) { //transforms "aa" to ".a.a." to find even length palindromes string s(sz(t) * 2 + 1, '.'); for (int i = 0; i < sz(t); i++) s[2 * i + 1] = t[i]; int mid = 0, r = 0, n = sz(s); vector pal(n); for (int i = 1; i < n - 1; i++) { if (r > i) pal[i] = min(r - i, pal[2 * mid - i]); while (pal[i] < min(i, n - i - 1) && s[i + pal[i] + 1] == s[i - pal[i] - 1]) { pal[i]++; } if (i + pal[i] > r) mid = i, r = i + pal[i]; } //convert lengths to constructed string s (optional) //for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) pal[i] = 2 * pal[i] + 1; return pal; }