Hackerrank - Compress the String! Solution
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You are given a string . Suppose a character '' occurs consecutively times in the string. Replace these consecutive occurrences of the character '' with in the string.
For a better understanding of the problem, check the explanation.
Input Format
A single line of input consisting of the string .
Output Format
A single line of output consisting of the modified string.
Constraints
All the characters of denote integers between and .
Sample Input
1222311
Sample Output
(1, 1) (3, 2) (1, 3) (2, 1)
Explanation
First, the character occurs only once. It is replaced by . Then the character occurs three times, and it is replaced by and so on.
Also, note the single space within each compression and between the compressions.
Solution in Python
from itertools import groupby
for key, group in groupby(input()):
key= int(key)
count = len(list(group))
print((count,key),end=" ")