1221. Split a String in Balanced Strings
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Balanced strings are those that have an equal quantity of 'L' and 'R' characters.
Given a balanced string s, split it into some number of substrings such that:
- Each substring is balanced.
Return the maximum number of balanced strings you can obtain.
Example 1:
Input: s = "RLRRLLRLRL" Output: 4 Explanation: s can be split into "RL", "RRLL", "RL", "RL", each substring contains same number of 'L' and 'R'.
Example 2:
Input: s = "RLRRRLLRLL" Output: 2 Explanation: s can be split into "RL", "RRRLLRLL", each substring contains same number of 'L' and 'R'. Note that s cannot be split into "RL", "RR", "RL", "LR", "LL", because the 2nd and 5th substrings are not balanced.
Example 3:
Input: s = "LLLLRRRR" Output: 1 Explanation: s can be split into "LLLLRRRR".
Constraints:
2 <= s.length <= 1000s[i]is either'L'or'R'.sis a balanced string.
Hints
Hint 1
Loop from left to right maintaining a balance variable when it gets an L increase it by one otherwise decrease it by one.
Hint 2
Whenever the balance variable reaches zero then we increase the answer by one.