Compress a status log
mediumCompress a status log
Uber Python Interview Question
Uber's driver app logs a letter for the driver's status every second, such as "a" for available and "b" for busy. To save space, runs of the same letter are stored as the letter followed by the length of the run.
Write a function compress(log) that returns the compressed log. Write the count only when a run is longer than 1.
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Example 1
Input
log = "aaabccdddd"
Output
"a3bc2d4"
Example 2
Input
log = "abc"
Output
"abc"
Explanation
In the first example, "aaabccdddd" has three a's, one b, two c's and four d's, so it becomes "a3bc2d4". The single b is written without a count.
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Company
Uber
Difficulty
medium
Topic
strings
Language
Python
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