#K6601. String Compression

    ID: 32325 Type: Default 1000ms 256MiB

String Compression

String Compression

You are given a string s. Your task is to compress the string using the following rules:

  • Consecutive identical characters (letters or digits) are replaced by a single instance of the character followed by the count of its occurrences.
  • If the compressed string is not strictly shorter than the original, return the original string.

For example:

  • If s = "aaabbbccc", then the compressed string is a3b3c3.
  • If s = "abcdef", the compression does not shorten the string, so return abcdef.

The solution should read the input from stdin and output the result to stdout.

inputFormat

The input consists of a single line containing a string s composed of letters and digits.

Example:

aaabbbccc

outputFormat

Output the compressed string if its length is strictly less than the original. Otherwise, output the original string.

Example:

a3b3c3
## sample
aaabbbccc
a3b3c3