Matt Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm trying to compress a string. > E.g: > "AAAABBBC" -> "ABC"
You mean like this?
>>> ''.join(c for c, _ in itertools.groupby("AAAABBBCAADCASS"))
'ABCADCAS'
HTH
Marc
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