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< p > A < strong > fancy string< / strong > is a string where no < strong > three< / strong > < strong > consecutive< / strong > characters are equal.< / p >
< p > Given a string < code > s< / code > , delete the < strong > minimum< / strong > possible number of characters from < code > s< / code > to make it < strong > fancy< / strong > .< / p >
< p > Return < em > the final string after the deletion< / em > . It can be shown that the answer will always be < strong > unique< / strong > .< / p >
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< p > < strong class = "example" > Example 1:< / strong > < / p >
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< strong > Input:< / strong > s = " le< u > e< / u > etcode"
< strong > Output:< / strong > " leetcode"
< strong > Explanation:< / strong >
Remove an ' e' from the first group of ' e' s to create " leetcode" .
No three consecutive characters are equal, so return " leetcode" .
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< p > < strong class = "example" > Example 2:< / strong > < / p >
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< strong > Input:< / strong > s = " < u > a< / u > aab< u > aa< / u > aa"
< strong > Output:< / strong > " aabaa"
< strong > Explanation:< / strong >
Remove an ' a' from the first group of ' a' s to create " aabaaaa" .
Remove two ' a' s from the second group of ' a' s to create " aabaa" .
No three consecutive characters are equal, so return " aabaa" .
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< p > < strong class = "example" > Example 3:< / strong > < / p >
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< strong > Input:< / strong > s = " aab"
< strong > Output:< / strong > " aab"
< strong > Explanation:< / strong > No three consecutive characters are equal, so return " aab" .
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< p > < strong > Constraints:< / strong > < / p >
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< li > < code > 1 < = s.length < = 10< sup > 5< / sup > < / code > < / li >
< li > < code > s< / code > consists only of lowercase English letters.< / li >
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