Solution: Minimum Number of Pushes to Type Word II
Understand how to calculate the minimum number of pushes needed to type a word on a phone keypad by tracking letter frequency and assigning keys optimally. This lesson teaches you to implement an efficient solution that remaps letters to keys to minimize key presses, using sorting and frequency counting techniques.
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Statement
The keys (numbered
Note: The keys
, , , and do not map to any letters.
In the above mapping, the key
Any mapping is possible as long as each letter is assigned to exactly one key, and keys can be mapped to any number of distinct letters.
Given a string, word, consisting of lowercase English letters, return the minimum number of pushes needed to type it after remapping ...