Count Almost Equal Pairs II
<p><strong>Attention</strong>: In this version, the number of operations that can be performed, has been increased to <strong>twice</strong>.<!-- notionvc: 278e7cb2-3b05-42fa-8ae9-65f5fd6f7585 --></p>

<p>You are given an array <code>nums</code> consisting of positive integers.</p>

<p>We call two integers <code>x</code> and <code>y</code> <strong>almost equal</strong> if both integers can become equal after performing the following operation <strong>at most <u>twice</u></strong>:</p>

<ul>
	<li>Choose <strong>either</strong> <code>x</code> or <code>y</code> and swap any two digits within the chosen number.</li>
</ul>

<p>Return the number of indices <code>i</code> and <code>j</code> in <code>nums</code> where <code>i &lt; j</code> such that <code>nums[i]</code> and <code>nums[j]</code> are <strong>almost equal</strong>.</p>

<p><strong>Note</strong> that it is allowed for an integer to have leading zeros after performing an operation.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Input:</strong> <span class="example-io">nums = [1023,2310,2130,213]</span></p>

<p><strong>Output:</strong> <span class="example-io">4</span></p>

<p><strong>Explanation:</strong></p>

<p>The almost equal pairs of elements are:</p>

<ul>
	<li>1023 and 2310. By swapping the digits 1 and 2, and then the digits 0 and 3 in 1023, you get 2310.</li>
	<li>1023 and 213. By swapping the digits 1 and 0, and then the digits 1 and 2 in 1023, you get 0213, which is 213.</li>
	<li>2310 and 213. By swapping the digits 2 and 0, and then the digits 3 and 2 in 2310, you get 0213, which is 213.</li>
	<li>2310 and 2130. By swapping the digits 3 and 1 in 2310, you get 2130.</li>
</ul>
</div>

<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Input:</strong> <span class="example-io">nums = [1,10,100]</span></p>

<p><strong>Output:</strong> <span class="example-io">3</span></p>

<p><strong>Explanation:</strong></p>

<p>The almost equal pairs of elements are:</p>

<ul>
	<li>1 and 10. By swapping the digits 1 and 0 in 10, you get 01 which is 1.</li>
	<li>1 and 100. By swapping the second 0 with the digit 1 in 100, you get 001, which is 1.</li>
	<li>10 and 100. By swapping the first 0 with the digit 1 in 100, you get 010, which is 10.</li>
</ul>
</div>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>2 &lt;= nums.length &lt;= 5000</code></li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= nums[i] &lt; 10<sup>7</sup></code></li>
</ul>
Array; Hash Table; Counting; Enumeration; Sorting
class Solution:
    def countPairs(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
        nums.sort()
        ans = 0
        cnt = defaultdict(int)
        for x in nums:
            vis = {x}
            s = list(str(x))
            m = len(s)
            for j in range(m):
                for i in range(j):
                    s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i]
                    vis.add(int("".join(s)))
                    for q in range(i + 1, m):
                        for p in range(i + 1, q):
                            s[p], s[q] = s[q], s[p]
                            vis.add(int("".join(s)))
                            s[p], s[q] = s[q], s[p]
                    s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i]
            ans += sum(cnt[x] for x in vis)
            cnt[x] += 1
        return ans
