Same Substring

Problem Overview

  • Find the maximum length of a substring in s that can be changed to match t with total cost <= K.
  • Input: two equal-length lowercase strings s and t, and integer K. Output: an int length, or 0 if none.
  • Cost per index is the absolute ASCII difference between s[i] and t[i]; sum over the chosen substring must stay within K.
  • Domain: text processing and string transformation; a common coding interview problem.
  • Source: Salesforce interviews; a frequent interview question.

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