inhahe wrote:
> i see lots of neat one-liner solutions but just for the sake of
> argument:
>
> def compress_str(str):
> new_str = ""
> lc = ""
> for c in str:
> if c != lc: new_str.append(c)
> return new_str
Please test before posting.
>>> compress_str("AAAABBBBCCCCC")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "<stdin>", line 5, in compress_str
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'append'
Regards,
Björn
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