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Number of Distinct Binary Strings After Applying Operations — LeetCode 2450 Python Solution

Topics
Math, String
Reading time
2 min

The problem

You are given a binary string s and a positive integer k. You can apply the following operation on the string any number of times: Choose any substring of size k from s and flip all its characters, that is, turn all 1's into 0's, and all 0's into 1's.

Example

Input
s = "1001", k = 3
Output
4
Explanation
We can obtain the following strings:

Python solution

PythonSolution
class Solution:
    def countDistinctStrings(self, s: str, k: int) -> int:
        return pow(2, len(s) - k + 1) % (10**9 + 7)

Complexity

Time
O(n)
Space · auxiliary
O(1)

Pattern: Math and Number Theory

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