Create MinimumFlips.cpp

Author: TheSYNcoder

Solutions/MinimumFlips.cpp

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+class Solution {
+public:
+    int minFlips(string s) {
+        int originalLength = s.size();
+        string formed = s + s;
+        int minScore = 1e9;
+        int expected = 0;
+        int score1 = 0 , score2 = 0 ;
+        for ( int i= 0 ; i < formed.size() ; i++ ){
+            
+            if ( formed[i] - '0' != expected ) score1++;
+            if ( formed[i] - '0' == expected ) score2++;
+            if ( i >= originalLength ){
+                int expback = expected ^ ( originalLength & 1);
+                if ( formed[i] - '0' != expback ) score1--;
+                if ( formed[i] - '0' == expback ) score2--;
+            }
+            if ( i + 1 >= originalLength ){
+                minScore = min({ minScore , score1, score2 } );                
+            }            
+            expected ^= 1;
+            
+        }
+        return minScore;
+    }
+};