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+ /* 844. Backspace String Compare - (https://leetcode.com/problems/backspace-string-compare/)
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+ Given two strings s and t, return true if they are equal when both are typed into empty text editors.
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+ '#' means a backspace character.
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+ Note that after backspacing an empty text, the text will continue empty.
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+
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+ * -------Two pointer approach-------
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+ */
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+
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+ public class BackspaceStringCompare {
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+ public boolean backspaceCompare (String S , String T ) {
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+ int i = S .length () - 1 ;
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+ int j = T .length () - 1 ;
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+ int countS = 0 ;
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+ int countT = 0 ;
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+ while (i >= 0 || j >= 0 ) {
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+ while (i >= 0 && (countS > 0 || S .charAt (i ) == '#' )) {
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+ if (S .charAt (i ) == '#' )
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+ countS ++;
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+ else
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+ countS --;
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+ i --;
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+ }
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+ char left = i < 0 ? '@' : S .charAt (i );
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+ while (j >= 0 && (countT > 0 || T .charAt (j ) == '#' )) {
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+ if (T .charAt (j ) == '#' )
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+ countT ++;
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+ else
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+ countT --;
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+ j --;
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+ }
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+ char right = j < 0 ? '@' : T .charAt (j );
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+ if (left != right )
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+ return false ;
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+ i --;
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+ j --;
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+ }
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+ return true ;
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+ }
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+ }
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