Description
Given a string text, you want to use the characters of text to form as many instances of the word "balloon" as possible.
You can use each character in text at most once. Return the maximum number of instances that can be formed.
Example 1:
Input: text = "nlaebolko" Output: 1
Example 2:
Input: text = "loonbalxballpoon" Output: 2
Example 3:
Input: text = "leetcode" Output: 0
Constraints:
1 <= text.length <= 104textconsists of lower case English letters only.
Note: This question is the same as 2287: Rearrange Characters to Make Target String.
Solutions
Attempted solution using a static solution, looking for better performance.
Language: javascript(2026-06-22 06:30)DONE
CPU Performance77.31%
Memory Performance35.00%
/**
* @param {string} text
* @return {number}
*/
var maxNumberOfBalloons = function(text) {
let b = 0;
let a = 0;
let l = 0;
let o = 0;
let n = 0;
for (const char of text) {
if (char === 'b') b++;
else if (char === 'a') a++;
else if (char === 'l') l++;
else if (char === 'o') o++;
else if (char === 'n') n++;
}
return Math.min(
b,
a,
Math.floor(l / 2),
Math.floor(o / 2),
n,
);
};