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Problem: Minimum Number of Pushes to Type Word II

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30 min
Explore how to determine the minimum number of key presses needed to type a word on a remapped telephone keypad. Understand how to track data effectively and solve related permutation and anagram problems, improving problem-solving skills for coding interviews.

Statement

The keys (numbered 22 to 99) on a telephone keypad are associated with specific groups of lowercase English letters. Below is an example of how letters can be mapped to keys on a telephone keypad.

Note: The keys 11, *, 00, and #\# do not map to any letters.

In the above mapping, the key 22 is mapped with letters ["a", "b", "c"]; pressing it once types "a", pressing it twice types "b", and pressing it three times types "c".

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 the keys.

Note: No mapping is provided in the input. You can devise any mapping if needed.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq word.length 103\leq 10^3

  • word consists of only lowercase English letters.

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Problem: Minimum Number of Pushes to Type Word II

Medium
30 min
Explore how to determine the minimum number of key presses needed to type a word on a remapped telephone keypad. Understand how to track data effectively and solve related permutation and anagram problems, improving problem-solving skills for coding interviews.

Statement

The keys (numbered 22 to 99) on a telephone keypad are associated with specific groups of lowercase English letters. Below is an example of how letters can be mapped to keys on a telephone keypad.

Note: The keys 11, *, 00, and #\# do not map to any letters.

In the above mapping, the key 22 is mapped with letters ["a", "b", "c"]; pressing it once types "a", pressing it twice types "b", and pressing it three times types "c".

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 the keys.

Note: No mapping is provided in the input. You can devise any mapping if needed.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq word.length 103\leq 10^3

  • word consists of only lowercase English letters.