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Maximum Difference Between Even and Odd Frequency I

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Description

You are given a string s consisting of lowercase English letters.

Your task is to find the maximum difference diff = freq(a1) - freq(a2) between the frequency of characters a1 and a2 in the string such that:

- a1 has an odd frequency in the string.

- a2 has an even frequency in the string.

Return this maximum difference.

Solution