Convert string to palindrome string with minimum insertions

Question

In order to find the minimal number of insertions required to convert a given string(s) to palindrome I find the longest common subsequence of the string(lcs_string) and its

Answer 1

Simple. See below :)

        String pattern = "abcdefghgf";
        boolean isPalindrome = false;
        int i=0,j=pattern.length()-1;
        int mismatchCounter = 0;

        while(i<=j)
        {
            //reverse matching
            if(pattern.charAt(i)== pattern.charAt(j))
                {
                    i++; j--; 
                    isPalindrome = true;
                    continue;
                }

            else if(pattern.charAt(i)!= pattern.charAt(j))
                {
                    i++;
                    mismatchCounter++;
                }


        }
        System.out.println("The pattern string is :"+pattern);
        System.out.println("Minimum number of characters required to make this string a palidnrome : "+mismatchCounter);