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Construct String With Repeat Limit

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You're given a string s of lowercase English letters and an integer repeatLimit. Build a new string out of the letters of s such that no letter appears more than repeatLimit times in a row. You may use each letter at most as many times as it appears in s, and you don't have to use all of them.

Return the lexicographically largest string you can build this way.

A string a is lexicographically larger than a string b if, at the first position where they differ, a has the letter that comes later in the alphabet. If one string is a prefix of the other, the longer one is larger.

Examples

Example 1

Input:  s = "zzzzzy", repeatLimit = 2
Output: "zzyzz"

After two zs the run has to be broken, and y is the only other letter. That allows two more zs. The last z can't be placed — there is nothing left to separate it from the previous run.

Example 2

Input:  s = "qqqqqqpp", repeatLimit = 2
Output: "qqpqqpqq"

Each p is spent breaking up the qs, which lets all six qs be used.

Example 3

Input:  s = "abc", repeatLimit = 1
Output: "cba"

Example 4

Input:  s = "aaaa", repeatLimit = 2
Output: "aa"

Only one kind of letter, so the string stops after the first run.

Example 5

Input:  s = "banana", repeatLimit = 1
Output: "nbna"

n goes first, then b separates the two ns. After that only as remain, and just one of them can be used.

Constraints

  • 1 <= repeatLimit <= s.length <= 10^5
  • s consists of lowercase English letters.
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List of test cases (40)
Case 1
s = "cczazcc"
repeatLimit = 3
Case 2
s = "aababab"
repeatLimit = 2
Case 3
s = "a"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 4
s = "aaaa"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 5
s = "aaaa"
repeatLimit = 2
Case 6
s = "aaaa"
repeatLimit = 4
Case 7
s = "ab"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 8
s = "abc"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 9
s = "abc"
repeatLimit = 3
Case 10
s = "zzzzzy"
repeatLimit = 2
Case 11
s = "zzzzzy"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 12
s = "yyyyz"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 13
s = "bbbbbbbbba"
repeatLimit = 3
Case 14
s = "aabbcc"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 15
s = "leetcode"
repeatLimit = 2
Case 16
s = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 17
s = "zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba"
repeatLimit = 26
Case 18
s = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
repeatLimit = 5
Case 19
s = "mmmmnnnn"
repeatLimit = 2
Case 20
s = "qqqqqqpp"
repeatLimit = 2
Case 21
s = "robot"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 22
s = "banana"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 23
s = "banana"
repeatLimit = 2
Case 24
s = "zzzzzzzzzza"
repeatLimit = 2
Case 25
s = "azabcb"
repeatLimit = 3
Case 26
s = "azzb"
repeatLimit = 3
Case 27
s = "aza"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 28
s = "aacb"
repeatLimit = 3
Case 29
s = "aazz"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 30
s = "bzccc"
repeatLimit = 3
Case 31
s = "baabzb"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 32
s = "acbb"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 33
s = "abcbb"
repeatLimit = 3
Case 34
s = "bczz"
repeatLimit = 2
Case 35
s = "cabbyazczbzybaxzxbxyczxbyxcyzaxyccxyczcxzbxcbczaxa"
repeatLimit = 2
Case 36
s = "vasgvadymlfnidmroyzymrksvusiucyxekjwcqwwuuyksyzxdhwjawpcgufjbfoeuhvafldqlhpvurkm"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 37
s = "qqzzzqzzqzzzzqqqqqqzzzqzzzzzzqzqzzzqqzzzqqzzzqzzzzqzqzqqqqqz"
repeatLimit = 1
Case 38
s = "odzaydkotgaabdorlrbkidojpblatgfnyfwkvuviyvieckkyyoodedwvdyxfsvtmulmnmszrxthzvivmhqbtcwaqygasteghxfmwynxjvajfntotkbqelxwrhrvchkjkwgfjlysomzbalsdbsmccryboaqrqvpiftmxgfjubwmfftnafpxuksvdpkkcchjsabwnpuiqppgoknrwnwhnvsnchbmyyceqdckqggkooagqlptfczznkdcumbwyynxlcsrhlsrrpsvrftrfrbkexvnwaobdmhtjsiugetbpzyomnwdzqufzzdqdkqyauoxrfblvlgkjvabqliygbwldlocaruncwpmmfbsfjiowqwcmkpugktzxvkjwdgaqvctxqxrurjvgalpngcmmzhtazdvowwkfomgfnywiunxnxnxamraojpeknaafyrrensthutzcgcoveitlwjtznonzjrpcbhczgfrmopqiufoknqrxzcnwakmwaujbyjqjbigkakbtichlfnevcilyallqnkkgcwpvitdezbottzsunsmeqlygzldcrtkcmnsbulwqunvynbeosnlaxgvuzkplsclxs"
repeatLimit = 2
Case 39
s = "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"
repeatLimit = 2
Case 40
s = "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzaaa"
repeatLimit = 4