import java.util.Scanner; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.Arrays; public class Day06A { public static void main (String[] args) { try (Scanner inputFile = new Scanner(Paths.get("input.txt"))) { char[] signal = inputFile.nextLine().toCharArray(); for (int i = 0; i + 3 < signal.length; i++) { if (distinctValues(Arrays.copyOfRange(signal, i, i + 4))) { System.out.printf("Characters processed: %d%n", i + 4); System.exit(0); } } } catch (IOException e ) {} } public static boolean distinctValues(char[] arr){ for (int i = 0; i < arr.length-1; i++) { for (int j = i + 1; j < arr.length; j++) { if (arr[i] == arr[j]) { return false; } } } return true; } }