Method findMinimumCharacters

Find_Minimum_Character.java:5–21

(String searchWord, String resultWord)

import java.util.*;  
class Result { 	 	
    public static int findMinimumCharacters(String searchWord, String resultWord) { 
        // Write your code here
        		
        int p = 0; 		
        int q = 0; 		
        while(p < searchWord.length()) 		
        { 			
            if(searchWord.charAt(p) == resultWord.charAt(q)) 			
            { 				
                q += 1; 				
                if(q == resultWord.length()) 				
                { 					
                    return 0; 				
                } 			
            } 			p += 1; 		
        } 		return (resultWord.length() - q); 	
    }  	
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception 	
    { 		
            Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);