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1221. Split a String in Balanced Strings (Easy)

Balanced strings are those that have an equal quantity of 'L' and 'R' characters.

Given a balanced string s, split it in the maximum amount of balanced strings.

Return the maximum amount of split balanced strings.

 

Example 1:

Input: s = "RLRRLLRLRL"
Output: 4
Explanation: s can be split into "RL", "RRLL", "RL", "RL", each substring contains same number of 'L' and 'R'.

Example 2:

Input: s = "RLLLLRRRLR"
Output: 3
Explanation: s can be split into "RL", "LLLRRR", "LR", each substring contains same number of 'L' and 'R'.

Example 3:

Input: s = "LLLLRRRR"
Output: 1
Explanation: s can be split into "LLLLRRRR".

Example 4:

Input: s = "RLRRRLLRLL"
Output: 2
Explanation: s can be split into "RL", "RRRLLRLL", since each substring contains an equal number of 'L' and 'R'

 

Constraints:

• 1 <= s.length <= 1000
• s[i] is either 'L' or 'R'.
• s is a balanced string.

Related Topics

[Greedy] [String]

Hints

Hint 1

Loop from left to right maintaining a balance variable when it gets an L increase it by one otherwise decrease it by one.

Hint 2

Whenever the balance variable reaches zero then we increase the answer by one.