Create 2182. Construct String With Repeat Limit (#664)

Author: Chayandas07

2182. Construct String With Repeat Limit

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+class Solution {
+public:
+    string repeatLimitedString(string s, int repeatLimit) {
+        vector<int> v(26, 0);
+        for (int i = 0; i < s.size(); i++) v[s[i] - 'a']++;
+
+        priority_queue<pair<int, int>> maxheap;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++) 
+            if (v[i] > 0) maxheap.push({i, v[i]});
+
+        string result = "";
+
+        while (!maxheap.empty()) {
+            auto curr = maxheap.top();
+            maxheap.pop();
+
+            char curr_char = 'a' + curr.first;
+            int count = min(curr.second, repeatLimit);
+            result.append(count, curr_char);
+            curr.second -= count;
+
+            if (curr.second > 0) {
+                if (maxheap.empty()) break;
+
+                auto next = maxheap.top();
+                maxheap.pop();
+
+                char next_char = 'a' + next.first;
+                result.push_back(next_char);
+                next.second--;
+
+                if (next.second > 0) maxheap.push(next);
+                maxheap.push(curr);
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+};