Minimum Switches for Light Bulbs

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Problem

Given a binary array bulbs where 0 means off and 1 means on, find the minimum number of switch operations needed to turn all bulbs on. One switch operation at index i flips every bulb from i to the end of the array, changing 0 to 1 and 1 to 0. Return the minimum number of operations as an integer.

Constraints

1 <= bulbs.length <= 10^5
bulbs[i] is either 0 or 1
A switch at index i flips all bulbs from i to the end

Function Signature

def min_switches(bulbs):

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