Run-Length Encoding
Compress strings by replacing sequences of identical characters with that character followed by a count.
Easy5/15/2024
Problem statement
Run-length encoding (RLE) compresses strings by replacing sequences of identical characters with that character prefixed by a count. For instance, aaaabcccaa should be compressed to 4a1b3c2a.
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