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Score of a String
You are given a string s.
You are given a string s. The score of a string is defined as the sum of the absolute difference between the ASCII values of adjacent characters.
Return the score of s.
Example 1
Input: s = "hello"
Output: 13
Explanation: The ASCII values of the characters in s are: 'h' = 10^4 , 'e' = 10^1 , 'l' = 10^8 , 'o' = 111 . So, the score of s would be |10^4 - 10^1| + |10^1 - 10^8| + |10^8 - 10^8| + |10^8 - 111| = 3 + 7 + 0 + 3 = 13 .
Example 2
Input: s = "zaz"
Output: 50
Explanation: The ASCII values of the characters in s are: 'z' = 122 , 'a' = 97 . So, the score of s would be |122 - 97| + |97 - 122| = 25 + 25 = 50 .
Constraints
- 2 <= s.length <= 100
- s consists only of lowercase English letters.
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