2182. Construct String With Repeat Limit

class Solution:
    def repeatLimitedString(self, s: str, repeatLimit: int) -> str:
        cnt = [0] * 26
        for c in s:
            cnt[ord(c) - ord("a")] += 1
        res = []
        j = 24
        for i in range(25, -1, -1):
            j = min(i - 1, j)
            while 1:
                x = min(repeatLimit, cnt[i])
                cnt[i] -= x
                res.append(ascii_lowercase[i] * x)
                if cnt[i] == 0:
                    break
                while j >= 0 and cnt[j] == 0:
                    j -= 1
                if j < 0:
                    break
                cnt[j] -= 1
                res.append(ascii_lowercase[j])
        return "".join(res)