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  1. /* package whatever; // don't place package name! */
  2.  
  3. import java.util.*;
  4. import java.lang.*;
  5. import java.io.*;
  6.  
  7. /* Name of the class has to be "Main" only if the class is public. */
  8. class Ideone
  9. {
  10. public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
  11. {
  12. String a = "aabbaaa";
  13. System.out.println(alternatingCharacters(a));
  14. }
  15. static String alternatingCharacters(String s) {
  16. StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(s);
  17. try {
  18. for (int i = 0; i < sb.length(); i++) {
  19. while (i + 1 < sb.length() && sb.charAt(i) == sb.charAt(i + 1)) {
  20. sb = sb.deleteCharAt(i);
  21. }
  22. }
  23. } catch (Exception e) {
  24. e.printStackTrace();
  25. }
  26.  
  27. return sb.toString();
  28. }
  29. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.04s 2184192KB
stdin
Standard input is empty
stdout
aba