2026-03-05 21:05:59 +0300 MSK
Minimum Changes To Make Alternating Binary String
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class Solution:
def minOperations(self, s: str) -> int:
if len(s) < 2:
return 0
prev1 = int(s[0])
prev2 = prev1 ^ 1
count1, count2 = 0, 1
for char in s[1:]:
cur = int(char)
if cur == prev1:
count1 += 1
prev1 = cur ^ 1
else:
prev1 = cur
if cur == prev2:
count2 += 1
prev2 = cur ^ 1
else:
prev2 = cur
return min(count1, count2)