Medium
Minimum Number of Pushes to Type Word II — C++
Full explanation · Time O(n) · Space O(26)
// Time: O(n)
// Space: O(26)
// freq table, greedy
class Solution {
public:
int minimumPushes(string word) {
vector<int> cnt(26);
for (const auto& x : word) {
++cnt[x - 'a'];
}
sort(rbegin(cnt), rend(cnt));
int result = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < size(cnt); ++i) {
result += cnt[i] * (i / (9 - 2 + 1) + 1);
}
return result;
}
};