Create minimum-time-to-type-word-using-special-typewriter.cpp

Author: kamyu104

C++/minimum-time-to-type-word-using-special-typewriter.cpp

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+// Time:  O(n)
+// Space; O(1)
+
+class Solution {
+public:
+    int minTimeToType(string word) {
+        int result = 0;
+        char prev = 'a';
+        for (const auto& c : word) {
+            result += min(abs(c - prev), 26 - abs(c - prev)) + 1;
+            prev = c;
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+};