Medium
Replace the Substring for Balanced String — Python
Full explanation · Time O(n) · Space O(t)
# Time: O(n)
# Space: O(1)
import collections
class Solution(object):
def balancedString(self, s):
"""
:type s: str
:rtype: int
"""
count = collections.Counter(s)
result = len(s)
left = 0
for right in xrange(len(s)):
count[s[right]] -= 1
while left < len(s) and \
all(v <= len(s)//4 for v in count.itervalues()):
result = min(result, right-left+1)
count[s[left]] += 1
left += 1
return result