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## Compress String Solution
1. Write a function that gets a string and compresses it
- 'aaaabbccc' -> 'a4b2c3'
- 'abbbc' -> 'a1b3c1'
```
def compress_str(mystr: str) -> str:
result = ''
if mystr:
prevchar = mystr[0]
else:
return result
count = 1
for nextchar in mystr[1:]:
if nextchar == prevchar:
count += 1
else:
result += prevchar + str(count)
count = 1
prevchar = nextchar
result += prevchar + str(count)
return result
```
2. Write a function that decompresses a given string
- 'a4b2c3' -> 'aaaabbccc'
- 'a1b3c1' -> 'abbbc'
```
def decompress_str(mystr: str) -> str:
result = ''
for index in range(0, len(mystr), 2):
result += mystr[index] * int(mystr[index + 1])
return result
```