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Compress the String!

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In this task, we would like for you to appreciate the usefulness of the groupby() function of itertools . To read more about this function, Check this out .

You are given a string . Suppose a character '' occurs consecutively times in the string. Replace these consecutive occurrences of the character '' with in the string.

For a better understanding of the problem, check the explanation.

Input Format

A single line of input consisting of the string .

Output Format

A single line of output consisting of the modified string.

Constraints

All the characters of denote integers between and .

Sample Input

1222311

Sample Output

(1, 1) (3, 2) (1, 3) (2, 1)

Explanation

First, the character occurs only once. It is replaced by . Then the character occurs three times, and it is replaced by and so on.

Also, note the single space within each compression and between the compressions.

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anuj_95

Difficulty

Medium

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20

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