class Solution: # O(n) / O(n)
# https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-repeating-character-replacement/solutions/278271/C++Python-Sliding-Window-O(N)-instead-of-O(26N)/
def characterReplacement(self, s: str, k: int) -> int:
c = {} # counter
mf = 0 # max_freq
i = 0
for j, char in enumerate(s):
c[char] = c.get(char, 0) + 1
mf = max(mf, c[char])
if not ((j - i + 1) - mf <= k): # shift right
c[s[i]] -= 1
i += 1
return len(s) - i # length
class Solution2: # O(n) / O(n)
# https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-repeating-character-replacement/solutions/278271/C++Python-Sliding-Window-O(N)-instead-of-O(26N)/
def characterReplacement(self, s: str, k: int) -> int:
c = {}
mf, i = 0, 0
for j, char in enumerate(s):
c[char] = c.get(char, 0) + 1
mf = max(mf, c[char])
if i - mf >= k:
c[s[j - i]] -= 1
else:
i += 1 # update when more
return i
class SolutionBS: # O(log(n)) / O(n)
# TODO: review
# https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-repeating-character-replacement/solutions/2805777
def characterReplacement(self, s: str, k: int) -> int:
def too_long(length: int):
c = {}
mf, i = 0, 0
for j, char in enumerate(s):
c[char] = c.get(char, 0) + 1
mf = max(mf, c[char])
if length - mf <= k:
return False
if j - i + 1 > length:
c[s[i]] -= 1
i += 1
return True
l, r = 0, len(s)
while l < r:
m = (l + r) // 2
l, r = (l, m) if too_long(length=m + 1) else (m + 1, r)
return (l - 1) + 1
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