1737. Change Minimum Characters to Satisfy One of Three Conditions

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You are given two strings a and b that consist of lowercase letters. In one operation, you can change any character in a or b to any lowercase letter. Your goal is to satisfy one of the following three conditions: - Every letter in a is strictly less than every letter in b in the alphabet. - Every letter in b is strictly less than every letter in a in the alphabet. - Both a and b consist of on

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