[LeetCode] Minimum Number of Changes to Make Binary String Beautiful

2914. Minimum Number of Changes to Make Binary String Beautiful

You are given a 0-indexed binary string s having an even length.

A string is beautiful if it’s possible to partition it into one or more substrings such that:

  • Each substring has an even length.
  • Each substring contains only 1‘s or only 0‘s.

You can change any character in s to 0 or 1.

Return the minimum number of changes required to make the string s beautiful.

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class Solution {
public:
int minChanges(string s) {
int res = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < s.length(); i += 2) {
if(s[i] != s[i+1]) res += 1;
}
return res;
}
};

Author: Song Hayoung
Link: https://songhayoung.github.io/2023/10/29/PS/LeetCode/minimum-number-of-changes-to-make-binary-string-beautiful/
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