Solution: Longest Happy String
Explore how to solve the longest happy string problem by applying heap data structures to efficiently handle character frequency constraints. Understand how to construct a valid string avoiding three consecutive repeating characters, and master the technique to prioritize characters using max heaps for optimal coding interview solutions.
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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...