leetcode

commit 45edb85c1501f4dcd49c729218729b542f1f263f
parent dc148fa590a1c382eb5f4e4587f36d03fe009af0
Author: Andrew Laack <andrew@laack.co>
Date:   Sun, 20 Jul 2025 21:30:58 -0500

Completed delete characters to make fancy string

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delete-characters-to-make-fancy-string/delete-characters-to-make-fancy-stringV1.py
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1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/delete-characters-to-make-fancy-string/delete-characters-to-make-fancy-stringV1.py b/delete-characters-to-make-fancy-string/delete-characters-to-make-fancy-stringV1.py
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+class Solution:
+    def makeFancyString(self, s: str) -> str:
+
+        prior = ""
+        prior_count = 1
+        ret_str = ""
+
+        for index, char in enumerate(s):
+
+            if char == prior:
+                if prior_count >= 2:
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    prior_count += 1
+                    ret_str += char
+            else:
+                prior = char
+                prior_count = 1
+                ret_str += char
+
+        return ret_str