Create 2073-time-needed-to-buy-tickets.js

Author: everthis

2073-time-needed-to-buy-tickets.js

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+/**
+ * @param {number[]} tickets
+ * @param {number} k
+ * @return {number}
+ */
+const timeRequiredToBuy = function(tickets, k) {
+  let res = 0
+  
+  while(tickets[k] !== 0) {
+    res += helper(tickets, k)
+  }
+  
+  return res
+  
+  function helper(arr, k) {
+    let tmp = 0
+    for(let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+      if(arr[i] > 0) {
+        arr[i]--
+        tmp++
+      }
+      if(arr[k] === 0) break
+    }
+    return tmp
+  }
+  
+};