Sum of Digits of String After Convert
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Description
You are given a string s consisting of lowercase English letters, and an integer k. Your task is to convert the string into an integer by a special process, and then transform it by summing its digits repeatedly k times. More specifically, perform the following steps:
- Convert s into an integer by replacing each letter with its position in the alphabet (i.e. replace 'a' with 1, 'b' with 2, ..., 'z' with 26).
- Transform the integer by replacing it with the sum of its digits.
- Repeat the transform operation (step 2) k times in total.
For example, if s = "zbax" and k = 2, then the resulting integer would be 8 by the following operations:
- Convert: "zbax" ➝ "(26)(2)(1)(24)" ➝ "262124" ➝ 262124
- Transform #1: 262124 ➝ 2 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 4 ➝ 17
- Transform #2: 17 ➝ 1 + 7 ➝ 8
Return the resulting integer after performing the operations described above.
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