Updated: 2024-03-12
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class Solution:
def maximumLength(self, s: str) -> int:
def check(x: int) -> bool:
cnt = defaultdict(int)
i = 0
while i < n:
j = i + 1
while j < n and s[j] == s[i]:
j += 1
cnt[s[i]] += max(0, j - i - x + 1)
i = j
return max(cnt.values()) >= 3
n = len(s)
l, r = 0, n
while l < r:
mid = (l + r + 1) >> 1
if check(mid):
l = mid
else:
r = mid - 1
return -1 if l == 0 else l