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You are given two 0-indexed binary strings s1
and s2
, both of length n
, and a positive integer x
.
You can perform any of the following operations on the string s1
any number of times:
i
and j
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and s1[j]
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.i
such that i < n - 1
and flip both s1[i]
and s1[i + 1]
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and s2
equal, or return -1
if it is impossible.
Note that flipping a character means changing it from 0
to 1
or vice-versa.
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Example 1:
\n\n\nInput: s1 = "1100011000", s2 = "0101001010", x = 2\nOutput: 4\nExplanation: We can do the following operations:\n- Choose i = 3 and apply the second operation. The resulting string is s1 = "1101111000".\n- Choose i = 4 and apply the second operation. The resulting string is s1 = "1101001000".\n- Choose i = 0 and j = 8 and apply the first operation. The resulting string is s1 = "0101001010" = s2.\nThe total cost is 1 + 1 + 2 = 4. It can be shown that it is the minimum cost possible.\n\n\n
Example 2:
\n\n\nInput: s1 = "10110", s2 = "00011", x = 4\nOutput: -1\nExplanation: It is not possible to make the two strings equal.\n\n\n
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Constraints:
\n\nn == s1.length == s2.length
1 <= n, x <= 500
s1
and s2
consist only of the characters '0'
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