find-the-original-typed-string-i

find-the-original-typed-string-i


Alice is attempting to type a specific string on her computer. However, she tends to be clumsy and may press a key for too long, resulting in a character being typed multiple times.



Although Alice tried to focus on her typing, she is aware that she may still have done this at most once.



You are given a string word, which represents the final output displayed on Alice's screen.



Return the total number of possible original strings that Alice might have intended to type.



 


Example 1:




Input: word = "abbcccc"



Output: 5



Explanation:



The possible strings are: "abbcccc", "abbccc", "abbcc", "abbc", and "abcccc".




Example 2:




Input: word = "abcd"



Output: 1



Explanation:



The only possible string is "abcd".




Example 3:




Input: word = "aaaa"



Output: 4




 


Constraints:




  • 1 <= word.length <= 100

  • word consists only of lowercase English letters.


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