Вот псевдокод.
output = -1;
for (i = 0; i < list.length; i++){
num = list[i];
indices[] = \\ get all the indices which the "num" value appears, only include those indices that are greater than "i"
for (j = 0; j < indices.length; j++){
flag = true;
k = i;
for (l = indices[j]; l >= k; l--, k++){
if (list[k] != list[l]) {
flag = false;
break;
}
}
if (flag){
length = (indices[j] - i) + 1;
if (length != 1 && length > output) { // checking of length != 1 will exclude those palindromes of length 2
output = length;
}
}
}
}
return output;
Вот полный код.
public class Main {
/**
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] list = { 3, 5, 2, 2, 6, 3, 6, 3, 6, 3, 6, 2, 2, 1 };
System.out.print(palindrome(list));
}
public static int palindrome(int[] list) {
int output = -1;
for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
int num = list[i];
ArrayList<Integer> indices = getIndices(list, i, num);
for (int j = 0; j < indices.size(); j++) {
boolean flag = true;
int k = i;
for (int l = indices.get(j); l >= k; l--, k++) {
if (list[k] != list[l]) {
flag = false;
break;
}
}
if (flag) {
int length = (indices.get(j) - i) + 1;
if (length != 1 && length > output) {
output = length;
}
}
}
}
return output;
}
public static ArrayList<Integer> getIndices(int[] list, int start, int num) {
ArrayList<Integer> result = new ArrayList<Integer>();
for (int i = start + 1; i < list.length; i++) {
if (list[i] == num) {
result.add(i);
}
}
return result;
}
}