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Bob is standing at cell (0, 0), and he wants to reach destination: (row, column). He can only travel right and down. You are going to help Bob by providing instructions for him to reach destination.

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The instructions are represented as a string, where each character is either:

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Multiple instructions will lead Bob to destination. For example, if destination is (2, 3), both "HHHVV" and "HVHVH" are valid instructions.

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However, Bob is very picky. Bob has a lucky number k, and he wants the kth lexicographically smallest instructions that will lead him to destination. k is 1-indexed.

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Given an integer array destination and an integer k, return the kth lexicographically smallest instructions that will take Bob to destination.

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Example 1:

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\nInput: destination = [2,3], k = 1\nOutput: "HHHVV"\nExplanation: All the instructions that reach (2, 3) in lexicographic order are as follows:\n["HHHVV", "HHVHV", "HHVVH", "HVHHV", "HVHVH", "HVVHH", "VHHHV", "VHHVH", "VHVHH", "VVHHH"].\n
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Example 2:

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\nInput: destination = [2,3], k = 2\nOutput: "HHVHV"\n
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Example 3:

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\nInput: destination = [2,3], k = 3\nOutput: "HHVVH"\n
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