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.
Return the number of'*'
ins
, excluding the'*'
between each pair of'|'
.
Note that each '|'
will belong to exactly one pair.
Input: s = "l|*e*et|c**o|*de|" Output: 2 Explanation: The considered characters are underlined: "l|*e*et|c**o|*de|". The characters between the first and second '|' are excluded from the answer. Also, the characters between the third and fourth '|' are excluded from the answer. There are 2 asterisks considered. Therefore, we return 2.
Input: s = "iamprogrammer" Output: 0 Explanation: In this example, there are no asterisks in s. Therefore, we return 0.
Input: s = "yo|uar|e**|b|e***au|tifu|l" Output: 5 Explanation: The considered characters are underlined: "yo|uar|e**|b|e***au|tifu|l". There are 5 asterisks considered. Therefore, we return 5.
1 <= s.length <= 1000
s
consists of lowercase English letters, vertical bars'|'
, and asterisks'*'
.s
contains an even number of vertical bars'|'
.
implSolution{pubfncount_asterisks(s:String) -> i32{letmut in_pair = false;letmut ret = 0;for c in s.chars(){if !in_pair && c == '*'{ ret += 1;}elseif c == '|'{ in_pair = !in_pair;}} ret }}