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leetcode/problems/1898-maximum-number-of-removable-characters/solution.py
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def p_still_in_s(s: str, p: str, removable: list[int], chars_removed: int) -> bool:
removed = set(removable[:chars_removed])
p_index = 0
for i, char in enumerate(s):
if i in removed:
continue
if p_index < len(p) and char == p[p_index]:
p_index += 1
return p_index == len(p)
class Solution:
def maximumRemovals(self, s: str, p: str, removable: list[int]) -> int:
lo, hi = 0, len(removable)
while lo < hi:
chars_removed = (lo + hi + 1) // 2
if p_still_in_s(s, p, removable, chars_removed):
lo = chars_removed
else:
hi = chars_removed - 1
return lo