Solution: Longest Happy String
Explore how to construct the longest happy string made of 'a', 'b', and 'c' characters without three consecutive repeats. Learn to apply the heaps pattern to prioritize character usage effectively, handle constraints, and implement the solution in C++. Understand the time and space complexity involved for efficient problem solving.
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Statement
A string is considered happy if it meets the following conditions:
It comprises only the characters
'a','b', and'c'.It does not contain the substrings
"aaa","bbb", or"ccc".The total occurrences of:
The character
'a'does not exceeda.The character
'b'does not exceedb.The character
'c'does not exceedc.
You are given three integers, a, b, and c, representing the maximum allowable occurrences of 'a', 'b', and 'c', respectively. Your task is to return the longest possible happy string. If there are multiple valid longest happy strings, return any one of them. If no such string can be formed, return an empty string "".
Note: A substring is a contiguous sequence of characters within a string.
Constraints:
a,b,c...