Leetcode Problem 1167. Minimum Cost to Connect Sticks
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Greedy Approach with Min Heap
- Initialize a min heap (priority queue).
- Add all stick lengths to the min heap.
- Initialize the total cost to 0.
- While there is more than one stick in the min heap: a. Pop the two smallest sticks from the min heap. b. Sum their lengths to get the cost of combining them. c. Add the cost to the total cost. d. Insert the combined stick back into the min heap.
- Return the total cost.
Brute Force Sorting Approach
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