class Solution:
    def maxNumberOfBalloons(self, text: str) -> int:
        target = 'balloon'
        min_count = 0
        
        # count all chars in text
        ct = {}
        for char in text:
            ct[char] = ct.get(char, 0) + 1

        # traverse target word multiple times
        # until counts dict is depleted
        while True:
            for char in target:
                char_c = ct.get(char, 0)
                print(f'char: {char}, count: {char_c}')
                # stop condition
                if char_c == 0:
                    return min_count
                # decrement target char count
                ct[char] = char_c - 1
            # whole traversal of target word, increment min_count
            min_count += 1
        return min_count