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.
Examples
Example 1
Input: s = "hello"
Output: 13
Explanation:
The ASCII values of the characters in s are: 'h' = 104 , 'e' = 101 , 'l' = 108 , 'o' = 111 . So, the score of s would be |104 - 101| + |101 - 108| + |108 - 108| + |108 - 111| = 3 + 7 + 0 + 3 = 13 .
Example 2
Input: s = "zaz"
Output: 50
Explanation:
The ASCII values of the characters in s are: 'z' = 122 , 'a' = 97 . So, the score of s would be |122 - 97| + |97 - 122| = 25 + 25 = 50 .
Constraints
2 <= s.length <= 100
s consists only of lowercase English letters.
3110. Score of a String
Easy
10 Points
String
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.
Examples
Example 1
Input: s = "hello"
Output: 13
Explanation:
The ASCII values of the characters in s are: 'h' = 104 , 'e' = 101 , 'l' = 108 , 'o' = 111 . So, the score of s would be |104 - 101| + |101 - 108| + |108 - 108| + |108 - 111| = 3 + 7 + 0 + 3 = 13 .
Example 2
Input: s = "zaz"
Output: 50
Explanation:
The ASCII values of the characters in s are: 'z' = 122 , 'a' = 97 . So, the score of s would be |122 - 97| + |97 - 122| = 25 + 25 = 50 .