Leetcode 961 Solution

This article provides solution to leetcode question 961 (long-pressed-name)
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https://leetcode.com/problems/long-pressed-name

Solution

class Solution(object):
    def isLongPressedName(self, name, typed):
        """
        :type name: str
        :type typed: str
        :rtype: bool
        """



        i = 0
        j = 0



        while i < len(name) and j < len(typed):
            next_i = i + 1
            while next_i < len(name) and name[next_i] == name[i]:
                next_i += 1



            next_j = j + 1
            while next_j < len(typed) and typed[next_j] == typed[j]:
                next_j += 1



            if next_i - i > next_j - j:
                return False



            i = next_i
            j = next_j



        return i == len(name) and j == len(typed)