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+## strInput = "a"  ## Example 1
+## strInput = "aB2"  ## Example 2
+## strInput = "PaaSW0rd"  ## Example 3
+## strInput = "Paaasw0rd"  ## Example 4
+strInput = "aaaaa"  ## Example 5
+
+nDupChar = 3
+
+nLenCharAdd = (0 if len(strInput) >= 6 else 6 - len(strInput))
+
+nLenUpperAdd = (0 if any(strLoop.isupper() for strLoop in strInput) else 1)
+nLenLowerAdd = (0 if any(strLoop.islower() for strLoop in strInput) else 1)
+nIsNumericAdd = (0 if any(strLoop.isnumeric() for strLoop in strInput) else 1)
+
+nCharSumAdd = sum([nLenUpperAdd, nLenLowerAdd, nIsNumericAdd])
+
+## ==
+arrList = list(strInput)
+arrUniqList = set(arrList)
+arrDupList = [charLoop for charLoop in set(arrList) if arrList.count(charLoop) >= 3]
+
+arrCheckList = []
+arrSubCheckList = []
+arrCheckIndx = []
+for nIndx, charLoop in enumerate(arrList):
+    if charLoop not in arrDupList:
+        continue
+
+    if len(arrSubCheckList) == 0:
+        arrSubCheckList.append([charLoop, [nIndx]])
+    elif arrSubCheckList[-1][0] == charLoop and nIndx - arrSubCheckList[-1][1][-1] == 1:
+        arrSubCheckList[-1][1].append(nIndx)
+    else:
+        arrCheckList = arrCheckList + arrSubCheckList
+        arrSubCheckList = []
+        arrSubCheckList.append([charLoop, [nIndx]])
+
+if len(arrSubCheckList) > 0:
+    arrCheckList = arrCheckList + arrSubCheckList
+    arrSubCheckList = []
+
+for arrLoop in arrCheckList:
+    if len(arrLoop[1]) < nDupChar:
+        continue
+
+    for nSubIndx in range(nDupChar - 1, len(arrLoop[1]), nDupChar):
+        arrCheckIndx.append(nSubIndx)
+
+nLenChange = len(arrCheckIndx)
+## ==
+
+nTemp = (nCharSumAdd - nLenCharAdd if nCharSumAdd >= nLenCharAdd else 0)
+nTemp = (nTemp - nLenChange if nTemp >= nLenChange else 0)
+
+nTotalSteps = nLenCharAdd + nLenChange + nTemp
+
+print (nTotalSteps)