English
1957. Delete Characters to Make Fancy String
Problem Statement
A fancy string is a string where no three consecutive characters are equal.
Given a string s
, delete the minimum possible number of characters from s
to make it fancy.
Return the final string after the deletion. It can be shown that the answer will always be unique.
Example 1:
Input: s = "leeetcode" Output: "leetcode" Explanation: Remove an 'e' from the first group of 'e's to create "leetcode". No three consecutive characters are equal, so return "leetcode".
Example 2:
Input: s = "aaabaaaa" Output: "aabaa" Explanation: Remove an 'a' from the first group of 'a's to create "aabaaaa". Remove two 'a's from the second group of 'a's to create "aabaa". No three consecutive characters are equal, so return "aabaa".
Example 3:
Input: s = "aab" Output: "aab" Explanation: No three consecutive characters are equal, so return "aab".
Constraints:
1 <= s.length <= 105
s
consists only of lowercase English letters.
Click to open Hints
- What's the optimal way to delete characters if three or more consecutive characters are equal?
- If three or more consecutive characters are equal, keep two of them and delete the rest.
Solution:
java
class Solution {
public String makeFancyString(String s) {
int n = s.length();
if (n == 1 || n == 2)
return s;
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(s.substring(0, 2));
for (int i = 2; i < n; i++)
if (s.charAt(i) != s.charAt(i - 1) || s.charAt(i) != s.charAt(i - 2))
sb.append(s.charAt(i));
return sb.toString();
}
}
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