String Coloring

AtCoder
IDagc026_c
Time3000ms
Memory256MB
Difficulty
You are given a string $S$ of length $2N$ consisting of lowercase English letters. There are $2^{2N}$ ways to color each character in $S$ red or blue. Among these ways, how many satisfy the following condition? * The string obtained by reading the characters painted red **from left to right** is equal to the string obtained by reading the characters painted blue **from right to left**. ## Constraints * $1 \leq N \leq 18$ * The length of $S$ is $2N$. * $S$ consists of lowercase English letters. ## Input Input is given from Standard Input in the following format: $N$ $S$ [samples]
Samples
Input #1
4
cabaacba
Output #1
4

There are four ways to paint the string, as follows:

*   cabaacba
*   cabaacba
*   cabaacba
*   cabaacba
Input #2
11
mippiisssisssiipsspiim
Output #2
504
Input #3
4
abcdefgh
Output #3
0
Input #4
18
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Output #4
9075135300

The answer may not be representable as a $32$\-bit integer.
API Response (JSON)
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