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Re: Python solve problem with string operation

From John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Python solve problem with string operation
Date 2014-01-16 22:30 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <lb9mi3$le4$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)
References <mailman.5607.1389911083.18130.python-list@python.org>

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In <mailman.5607.1389911083.18130.python-list@python.org> Nac Temha <naccttemha@gmail.com> writes:

> --047d7b6d95d0367a3d04f01de490
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

> Hi everyone,

> I want to do operation with chars in the given string. Actually I want to
> grouping the same chars.

> For example;

> input : "344111133311222223377"
> operation-> (3)(44)(1111)(333)(11)(22222)(33)(77)
> output: "34131237"

input = "344111133311222223377"
output = []
previous_ch = None
for ch in input:
    if ch != previous_ch:
        output.append(ch)
        previous_ch = ch
print ''.join(output)

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Python solve problem with string operation Nac Temha <naccttemha@gmail.com> - 2014-01-17 00:24 +0200
  Re: Python solve problem with string operation John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-01-16 22:30 +0000
    Re: Python solve problem with string operation Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-16 22:48 +0000
      Re: Python solve problem with string operation John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-01-16 22:58 +0000
  Re: Python solve problem with string operation giacomo boffi <pecore@pascolo.net> - 2014-01-17 01:17 +0100
    Re: Python solve problem with string operation giacomo boffi <pecore@pascolo.net> - 2014-01-17 01:38 +0100
  Re: Python solve problem with string operation Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-17 00:30 +0000
  Re: Python solve problem with string operation "Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.org.uk> - 2014-01-17 01:05 +0000
  Re: Python solve problem with string operation Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-01-16 17:36 -0800

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