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Removing Stars From a String
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Brute Force
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Example 1
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leet**cod*e
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"leet**cod*e"
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return
"lee*cod*e"
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"lecod*e"
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"lecod*e"
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"lecod*e"
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return
"lecoe"
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"lecoe"
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Step:
Brute force: scan with one index, deleting each '*' and the character before it
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Input
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Custom
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leet**cod*e
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algo
master
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io
Step:
Brute force: scan with one index, deleting each '*' and the character before it