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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