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Code Alone

Start date: Dec. 18, 2021, 5 p.m. UTC
Calculate the minimum required number of swaps of neighbouring letters in a string built from the letters 'a' and 'b', after which the string would contain both "aaa" and "bbb" as substrings.

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The challenge is now over, but you may still practice on this task. Below, you can also find a video with explanation of possible solutions for the task:


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Stats:

2337 started 43 silver awards 46 golden awards

Hall of fame:

1
Daniel Górski
Time: 49 minutes
2
Yury Pisarchyk
Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
3
Benjamin Meeker
Time: 1 hour, 44 minutes