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<p>You are given a string <code>caption</code> of length <code>n</code>. A <strong>good</strong> caption is a string where <strong>every</strong> character appears in groups of <strong>at least 3</strong> consecutive occurrences.</p>
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<p>For example:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>&quot;aaabbb&quot;</code> and <code>&quot;aaaaccc&quot;</code> are <strong>good</strong> captions.</li>
<li><code>&quot;aabbb&quot;</code> and <code>&quot;ccccd&quot;</code> are <strong>not</strong> good captions.</li>
</ul>
<p>You can perform the following operation <strong>any</strong> number of times:</p>
<p>Choose an index <code>i</code> (where <code>0 &lt;= i &lt; n</code>) and change the character at that index to either:</p>
<ul>
<li>The character immediately <strong>before</strong> it in the alphabet (if <code>caption[i] != &#39;a&#39;</code>).</li>
<li>The character immediately <strong>after</strong> it in the alphabet (if <code>caption[i] != &#39;z&#39;</code>).</li>
</ul>
<p>Your task is to convert the given <code>caption</code> into a <strong>good</strong> caption using the <strong>minimum</strong> number of operations, and return it. If there are <strong>multiple</strong> possible good captions, return the <strong>lexicographically smallest</strong> one among them. If it is <strong>impossible</strong> to create a good caption, return an empty string <code>&quot;&quot;</code>.</p>
A string <code>a</code> is <strong>lexicographically smaller</strong> than a string <code>b</code> if in the first position where <code>a</code> and <code>b</code> differ, string <code>a</code> has a letter that appears earlier in the alphabet than the corresponding letter in <code>b</code>. If the first <code>min(a.length, b.length)</code> characters do not differ, then the shorter string is the lexicographically smaller one.
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
<div class="example-block">
<p><strong>Input:</strong> <span class="example-io">caption = &quot;cdcd&quot;</span></p>
<p><strong>Output:</strong> <span class="example-io">&quot;cccc&quot;</span></p>
<p><strong>Explanation:</strong></p>
<p>It can be shown that the given caption cannot be transformed into a good caption with fewer than 2 operations. The possible good captions that can be created using exactly 2 operations are:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>&quot;dddd&quot;</code>: Change <code>caption[0]</code> and <code>caption[2]</code> to their next character <code>&#39;d&#39;</code>.</li>
<li><code>&quot;cccc&quot;</code>: Change <code>caption[1]</code> and <code>caption[3]</code> to their previous character <code>&#39;c&#39;</code>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Since <code>&quot;cccc&quot;</code> is lexicographically smaller than <code>&quot;dddd&quot;</code>, return <code>&quot;cccc&quot;</code>.</p>
</div>
<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>
<div class="example-block">
<p><strong>Input:</strong> <span class="example-io">caption = &quot;aca&quot;</span></p>
<p><strong>Output:</strong> <span class="example-io">&quot;aaa&quot;</span></p>
<p><strong>Explanation:</strong></p>
<p>It can be proven that the given caption requires at least 2 operations to be transformed into a good caption. The only good caption that can be obtained with exactly 2 operations is as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>Operation 1: Change <code>caption[1]</code> to <code>&#39;b&#39;</code>. <code>caption = &quot;aba&quot;</code>.</li>
<li>Operation 2: Change <code>caption[1]</code> to <code>&#39;a&#39;</code>. <code>caption = &quot;aaa&quot;</code>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Thus, return <code>&quot;aaa&quot;</code>.</p>
</div>
<p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p>
<div class="example-block">
<p><strong>Input:</strong> <span class="example-io">caption = &quot;bc&quot;</span></p>
<p><strong>Output:</strong> <span class="example-io">&quot;&quot;</span></p>
<p><strong>Explanation:</strong></p>
<p>It can be shown that the given caption cannot be converted to a good caption by using any number of operations.</p>
</div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code>1 &lt;= caption.length &lt;= 5 * 10<sup>4</sup></code></li>
<li><code>caption</code> consists only of lowercase English letters.</li>
</ul>