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Deletions to Anagrams

Difficulty: 1200 3000 ms 128 MB

strings

Delete the minimum number of characters (from either string) so A and B become anagrams of each other. Print that minimum.

Input: two lines: string A, then string B.

Output: the minimum total deletions.

Constraints:

  • 1 ≤ |A|, |B| ≤ 105
  • lowercase letters

Sample Tests

Input 1
cde
abc
Output 1
4
Input 2
aa
aa
Output 2
0

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