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Python: Find the shortest distance from a specified character in a given string

Python Itertools: Exercise-23 with Solution

Write a Python program to find the shortest distance from a specified character in a given string. Return the shortest distances through a list and use itertools module to solve the problem.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

import itertools as it

def char_shortest_distancer(str1, char1):
    result = [len(str1)] * len(str1)
    prev_char = -len(str1)
    for i in it.chain(range(len(str1)),reversed(range(len(str1)))):
        if str1[i] == char1:
            prev_char = i
        result[i] = min(result[i], abs(i-prev_char))
    return result

str1 ="w3resource"
chr1='r'
print("Original string:",str1,": Specified character:",chr1)
print(char_shortest_distancer(str1,chr1))

str1 ="python exercises"
chr1='e'
print("\nOriginal string:",str1,": Specified character:",chr1)
print(char_shortest_distancer(str1,chr1))


str1 ="JavaScript"
chr1='S'
print("\nOriginal string:",str1,": Specified character:",chr1)
print(char_shortest_distancer(str1,chr1))

Sample Output:

Original string: w3resource : Specified character: r
[2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2]

Original string: python exercises : Specified character: e
[7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 1, 0, 1]

Original string: JavaScript : Specified character: S
[4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

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