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You are given a 0-indexed binary string s of length n on which you can apply two types of operations:

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Return the minimum cost to make all characters of the string equal.

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Invert a character means if its value is '0' it becomes '1' and vice-versa.

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Example 1:

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\nInput: s = "0011"\nOutput: 2\nExplanation: Apply the second operation with i = 2 to obtain s = "0000" for a cost of 2. It can be shown that 2 is the minimum cost to make all characters equal.\n
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Example 2:

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\nInput: s = "010101"\nOutput: 9\nExplanation: Apply the first operation with i = 2 to obtain s = "101101" for a cost of 3.\nApply the first operation with i = 1 to obtain s = "011101" for a cost of 2. \nApply the first operation with i = 0 to obtain s = "111101" for a cost of 1. \nApply the second operation with i = 4 to obtain s = "111110" for a cost of 2.\nApply the second operation with i = 5 to obtain s = "111111" for a cost of 1. \nThe total cost to make all characters equal is 9. It can be shown that 9 is the minimum cost to make all characters equal.\n
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