Special Binary String

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1Give yourself 5 minutes
2Answer out loud, not in your head
3Then compare with the answer below
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Stuck? Show a way to structure it+
  1. 01Track balance, adding one for 1 and subtracting one for 0.
  2. 02Split whenever balance returns to zero.
  3. 03Recursively maximize the interior of each primitive block.
  4. 04Sort complete blocks descending and concatenate them.

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Then expect these follow-ups

  • Why does descending block order maximize the result?

    Tests: greedy proof

  • How can you reduce substring copying?

    Tests: implementation

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