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You are given a string s, where every two consecutive vertical bars '|' are grouped into a pair. In other words, the 1st and 2nd '|' make a pair, the 3rd and 4th '|' make a pair, and so forth.

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Return the number of '*' in s, excluding the '*' between each pair of '|'.

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Note that each '|' will belong to exactly one pair.

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Example 1:

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\nInput: s = "l|*e*et|c**o|*de|"\nOutput: 2\nExplanation: The considered characters are underlined: "l|*e*et|c**o|*de|".\nThe characters between the first and second '|' are excluded from the answer.\nAlso, the characters between the third and fourth '|' are excluded from the answer.\nThere are 2 asterisks considered. Therefore, we return 2.
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Example 2:

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\nInput: s = "iamprogrammer"\nOutput: 0\nExplanation: In this example, there are no asterisks in s. Therefore, we return 0.\n
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Example 3:

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\nInput: s = "yo|uar|e**|b|e***au|tifu|l"\nOutput: 5\nExplanation: The considered characters are underlined: "yo|uar|e**|b|e***au|tifu|l". There are 5 asterisks considered. Therefore, we return 5.
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