6 kyu
Count Repeats
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Description:
Write a function that returns the count of characters that have to be removed in order to get a string with no consecutive repeats.
Note: This includes any characters
Examples
'abbbbc' => 'abc' # answer: 3
'abbcca' => 'abca' # answer: 2
'ab cca' => 'ab ca' # answer: 1
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Stats:
| Created | Aug 12, 2017 |
| Published | Aug 14, 2017 |
| Warriors Trained | 3769 |
| Total Skips | 49 |
| Total Code Submissions | 7095 |
| Total Times Completed | 2669 |
| Python Completions | 1269 |
| JavaScript Completions | 1360 |
| Ruby Completions | 105 |
| Crystal Completions | 12 |
| BF Completions | 10 |
| Haskell Completions | 18 |
| Total Stars | 50 |
| % of votes with a positive feedback rating | 90% of 401 |
| Total "Very Satisfied" Votes | 333 |
| Total "Somewhat Satisfied" Votes | 56 |
| Total "Not Satisfied" Votes | 12 |
| Total Rank Assessments | 60 |
| Average Assessed Rank | 6 kyu |
| Highest Assessed Rank | 5 kyu |
| Lowest Assessed Rank | 8 kyu |
