Given a non-empty string s and an integer k, rearrange the string such that the same characters are at least distance k from each other.
All input strings are given in lowercase letters. If it is not possible to rearrange the string, return an empty string ""
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Example 1:
s = "aabbcc", k = 3 Result: "abcabc" The same letters are at least distance 3 from each other.
Example 2:
s = "aaabc", k = 3 Answer: "" It is not possible to rearrange the string.
Example 3:
s = "aaadbbcc", k = 2 Answer: "abacabcd" Another possible answer is: "abcabcda" The same letters are at least distance 2 from each other.
Credits:
Special thanks to @elmirap for adding this problem and creating all test cases.