leetcode-problemset/leetcode/problem/alternating-groups-ii.html

<p>There is a circle of red and blue tiles. You are given an array of integers <code>colors</code> and an integer <code>k</code>. The color of tile <code>i</code> is represented by <code>colors[i]</code>:</p>

<ul>
	<li><code>colors[i] == 0</code> means that tile <code>i</code> is <strong>red</strong>.</li>
	<li><code>colors[i] == 1</code> means that tile <code>i</code> is <strong>blue</strong>.</li>
</ul>

<p>An <strong>alternating</strong> group is every <code>k</code> contiguous tiles in the circle with <strong>alternating</strong> colors (each tile in the group except the first and last one has a different color from its <strong>left</strong> and <strong>right</strong> tiles).</p>

<p>Return the number of <strong>alternating</strong> groups.</p>

<p><strong>Note</strong> that since <code>colors</code> represents a <strong>circle</strong>, the <strong>first</strong> and the <strong>last</strong> tiles are considered to be next to each other.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Input:</strong> <span class="example-io">colors = [0,1,0,1,0], k = 3</span></p>

<p><strong>Output:</strong> <span class="example-io">3</span></p>

<p><strong>Explanation:</strong></p>

<p><strong><img alt="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/06/19/screenshot-2024-05-28-183519.png" style="width: 150px; height: 150px; padding: 10px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0.5rem; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #181a1b;" /></strong></p>

<p>Alternating groups:</p>

<p><img alt="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/05/28/screenshot-2024-05-28-182448.png" style="width: 150px; height: 150px; padding: 10px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0.5rem; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #181a1b;" /><img alt="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/05/28/screenshot-2024-05-28-182844.png" style="width: 150px; height: 150px; padding: 10px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0.5rem; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #181a1b;" /><img alt="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/05/28/screenshot-2024-05-28-183057.png" style="width: 150px; height: 150px; padding: 10px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0.5rem; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #181a1b;" /></p>
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Input:</strong> <span class="example-io">colors = [0,1,0,0,1,0,1], k = 6</span></p>

<p><strong>Output:</strong> <span class="example-io">2</span></p>

<p><strong>Explanation:</strong></p>

<p><strong><img alt="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/06/19/screenshot-2024-05-28-183907.png" style="width: 150px; height: 150px; padding: 10px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0.5rem; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #181a1b;" /></strong></p>

<p>Alternating groups:</p>

<p><img alt="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/06/19/screenshot-2024-05-28-184128.png" style="width: 150px; height: 150px; padding: 10px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0.5rem; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #181a1b;" /><img alt="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/06/19/screenshot-2024-05-28-184240.png" style="width: 150px; height: 150px; padding: 10px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0.5rem; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #181a1b;" /></p>
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<p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Input:</strong> <span class="example-io">colors = [1,1,0,1], k = 4</span></p>

<p><strong>Output:</strong> <span class="example-io">0</span></p>

<p><strong>Explanation:</strong></p>

<p><img alt="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/06/19/screenshot-2024-05-28-184516.png" style="width: 150px; height: 150px; padding: 10px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0.5rem; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #181a1b;" /></p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>3 &lt;= colors.length &lt;= 10<sup>5</sup></code></li>
	<li><code>0 &lt;= colors[i] &lt;= 1</code></li>
	<li><code>3 &lt;= k &lt;= colors.length</code></li>
</ul>