From 146db89c2832b209e4c8eb34d41cc27b6a5354c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chayan das <dasshuvo817@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 00:18:49 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Create 1578. Minimum Time to Make Rope Colorful

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 1578. Minimum Time to Make Rope Colorful | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 1578. Minimum Time to Make Rope Colorful

diff --git a/1578. Minimum Time to Make Rope Colorful b/1578. Minimum Time to Make Rope Colorful
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..253568e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1578. Minimum Time to Make Rope Colorful	
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+class Solution {
+public:
+    int minCost(string colors, vector<int>& neededTime) {
+        int ans = 0,prev_time = neededTime[0];
+        for(int i = 1; i < neededTime.size();i++){
+            if (colors[i] == colors[i-1]){
+                if (neededTime[i] <= prev_time){
+                    ans = ans + neededTime[i];
+                }
+                else{
+                    ans = ans +  prev_time;
+                    prev_time = neededTime[i];
+                }
+            }
+            else{
+                prev_time= neededTime[i];
+            }
+        }
+        return ans;
+    }
+};