Minimum Characters to Make a String Palindrome
Given a string STR
of length N
, determine the minimum number of characters to be added to the front of the string to make it a palindrome.
Input:
The first line contains an integer 'T' denoting the number of test cases. Each of the next T lines contains a string STR.
Output:
For each test case, output a single integer representing the minimum number of characters needed to make the string a palindrome, printed on a new line for each test case.
Example:
Input:
2
deed
aabaaca
Output:
0
2
Explanation:
For the string "deed", it's already a palindrome, so no characters are needed. For "aabaaca", we need to add 'a' and 'c' to the front to form "acaabaaca", which is a palindrome.
Constraints:
1 <= T <= 10
1 <= N <= 105
STR
contains only lowercase English letters.
Note: You do not need to output anything yourself. Implement the function to compute the required values.

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