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Rearrange String (hard)
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Problem Statement

Given a string, find if its letters can be rearranged in such a way that no two same characters come next to each other.

Example 1:

Input: "aappp"
Output: "papap"
Explanation: In "papap", none of the repeating characters come next to each other.

Example 2:

Input: "Programming"
Output: "rgmrgmPiano" or "gmringmrPoa" or "gmrPagimnor", etc.
Explanation: None of the repeating characters come next to each other.

Example 3:

Input: "aapa"
Output: ""
Explanation: In all arrangements of "aapa", atleast two 'a' will come together e.g., "apaa", "paaa".

Constraints:

  • 1 <= s.length <= 500
  • s consists of lowercase English letters.

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