Compress String

Medium Strings

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Problem Statement

Write a C program to perform basic string compression using counts of repeated consecutive characters (e.g., aabcccccaaa becomes a2b1c5a3).

Input Format

A single line containing a string.

Output Format

Print the compressed string.

Constraints

Length <= 100

Sample Input

aabcccccaaa

Sample Output

a2b1c5a3

Explanation

Iterate through consecutive identical characters, append the character and its frequency count.

Starter Code

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    char str[101];
    if (scanf("%100s", str) == 1) {
        // Write your code here to compress string
    }
    return 0;
}

Limits

Time Limit: 1s
Memory Limit: 256MB

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