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You are given the customer visit log of a shop represented by a 0-indexed string customers consisting only of characters 'N' and 'Y':

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If the shop closes at the jth hour (0 <= j <= n), the penalty is calculated as follows:

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Return the earliest hour at which the shop must be closed to incur a minimum penalty.

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Note that if a shop closes at the jth hour, it means the shop is closed at the hour j.

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Example 1:

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\nInput: customers = "YYNY"\nOutput: 2\nExplanation: \n- Closing the shop at the 0th hour incurs in 1+1+0+1 = 3 penalty.\n- Closing the shop at the 1st hour incurs in 0+1+0+1 = 2 penalty.\n- Closing the shop at the 2nd hour incurs in 0+0+0+1 = 1 penalty.\n- Closing the shop at the 3rd hour incurs in 0+0+1+1 = 2 penalty.\n- Closing the shop at the 4th hour incurs in 0+0+1+0 = 1 penalty.\nClosing the shop at 2nd or 4th hour gives a minimum penalty. Since 2 is earlier, the optimal closing time is 2.\n
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Example 2:

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\nInput: customers = "NNNNN"\nOutput: 0\nExplanation: It is best to close the shop at the 0th hour as no customers arrive.
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Example 3:

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\nInput: customers = "YYYY"\nOutput: 4\nExplanation: It is best to close the shop at the 4th hour as customers arrive at each hour.\n
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