1750-minimum-length-of-string-after-deleting-similar-ends.py

class Solution:
    def minimumLength(self, s: str) -> int:
        l, r = 0, len(s) - 1

        while l < r and s[l] == s[r]:
            tmp = s[l]
            while l <= r and s[l] == tmp:
                l += 1
            while l <= r and s[r] == tmp:
                r -= 1
        return (r - l + 1)