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Longest Happy String

Understand how to generate the longest happy string composed of 'a', 'b', and 'c' without triple repeats. Explore using heaps to manage character frequency constraints and practice problem-solving techniques relevant for coding interviews.

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Statement

A string is considered happy if it meets the following conditions:

  1. It comprises only the characters 'a', 'b', and 'c'.

  2. It does not contain the substrings "aaa", "bbb", or "ccc".

  3. The total occurrences of:

    1. The character 'a' does not exceed a.

    2. The character 'b' does not exceed b.

    3. The character 'c' does not exceed c.

You are given three integers, a, b, and c, representing the maximum ...