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Exercise - grouping characters

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Description

Given a string "aaabcdddefffff" split apart into continuous groups, i.e., ["aaa" "b" "c" "ddd" "e" "fffff"]?

(partition-by identity "aaabcdddefffff")

(->> (partition-by identity "aaabcdddefffff")
(mapv (partial apply str)))

if seeing partial apply str makes you shudder
(->> (partition-by identity "aaabcdddefffff")
(mapv clojure.string/join))

clojure.string/join has a 1-arity that joins with an empty string, so negates the need to use apply str

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Research direction

Use the issue's Clojure examples as the specification for an exercise that groups consecutive identical characters. First inspect how existing exercises are organized in the repository; done means the grouping exercise is added in the appropriate place and its expected result matches ["aaa" "b" "c" "ddd" "e" "fffff"].

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
clojure
Domain
content
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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