<p>Given a string <code>s</code> and an integer <code>k</code>, return <em>the length of the longest substring of</em> <code>s</code> <em>such that the frequency of each character in this substring is greater than or equal to</em> <code>k</code>.</p>

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">if no such substring exists, return 0.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> s = &quot;aaabb&quot;, k = 3
<strong>Output:</strong> 3
<strong>Explanation:</strong> The longest substring is &quot;aaa&quot;, as &#39;a&#39; is repeated 3 times.
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> s = &quot;ababbc&quot;, k = 2
<strong>Output:</strong> 5
<strong>Explanation:</strong> The longest substring is &quot;ababb&quot;, as &#39;a&#39; is repeated 2 times and &#39;b&#39; is repeated 3 times.
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= s.length &lt;= 10<sup>4</sup></code></li>
	<li><code>s</code> consists of only lowercase English letters.</li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= k &lt;= 10<sup>5</sup></code></li>
</ul>

class Solution:
    from collections import defaultdict
    def longestSubstring(self, s: str, k: int) -> int:
        # Recursive! Calls itself (not a helper)!

        if k > len(s):
            return 0

        hm = defaultdict(int) # letter->freq in s
        for letter in s:
            hm[letter] += 1
        
        for i in range(len(s)):
            if hm[s[i]] < k: # if any char has freq < k, wanna split s
                left = self.longestSubstring(s[:i], k) # left RECURSIVE
                right = self.longestSubstring(s[i+1:], k)
                return max(left, right)
        return len(s)
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