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2390. Removing Stars From a String
Medium
30 Points
String
Stack
Simulation
You are given a string s, which contains stars *.
In one operation, you can:
Return the string after all stars have been removed.
Note:
Examples
Example 1
Input: s = "leet**cod*e"
Output: "lecoe"
Explanation: Performing the removals from left to right:
- The closest character to the 1st star is 't' in "leet**cod*e". s becomes "lee*cod*e".
- The closest character to the 2nd star is 'e' in "lee*cod*e". s becomes "lecod*e".
- The closest character to the 3rd star is 'd' in "lecod*e". s becomes "lecoe".
There are no more stars, so we return "lecoe".
Example 2
Input: s = "erase*****"
Output: ""
Explanation: The entire string is removed, so we return an empty string.
Constraints
1 <= s.length <= 105
s consists of lowercase English letters and stars *.
The operation above can be performed on s.
2390. Removing Stars From a String
Medium
30 Points
String
Stack
Simulation
You are given a string s, which contains stars *.
In one operation, you can:
Return the string after all stars have been removed.
Note:
Examples
Example 1
Input: s = "leet**cod*e"
Output: "lecoe"
Explanation: Performing the removals from left to right:
- The closest character to the 1st star is 't' in "leet**cod*e". s becomes "lee*cod*e".
- The closest character to the 2nd star is 'e' in "lee*cod*e". s becomes "lecod*e".
- The closest character to the 3rd star is 'd' in "lecod*e". s becomes "lecoe".
There are no more stars, so we return "lecoe".
Example 2
Input: s = "erase*****"
Output: ""
Explanation: The entire string is removed, so we return an empty string.
Constraints
1 <= s.length <= 105
s consists of lowercase English letters and stars *.