diff --git a/kotlin/1189-maximum-number-of-balloons.kt b/kotlin/1189-maximum-number-of-balloons.kt
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+class Solution {
+    fun maxNumberOfBalloons(text: String): Int {
+        val map = IntArray(26)
+        text.forEach {
+            if(it in "balon") map[it - 'a']++
+        }
+        var min = Integer.MAX_VALUE
+        "balon".forEach {
+            if(map[it - 'a'] == 0) return 0
+            else if(it == 'l' || it == 'o') min = minOf(min, map[it-'a']/2)
+            else min = minOf(min, map[it-'a'])
+        }
+        return min
+    }
+}