make a function which calculate the number of same nearby character in flutter like aabcddaabb => 2abc2d2a2b - flutter

Question

can anybody help me to build the function mentioned above I am using dart in the flutter and want this function
make a function which calculate the number of same nearby character in flutter like aabcddaabb => 2abc2d2a2b

Answer 1

Same
void main() {
var input = 'aabcddaabb';
print(getret(input));
}
String getret(String input) {
var ret = '';
var cc = '';
var co = 0;
cut(){
var c = input[0];
input = input.substring(1);
return c;
}
write(){
if(co == 1) ret = '$ret$cc';
if(co > 1) ret = '$ret$co$cc';
}
while(input.isNotEmpty){
final c = cut();
if(c != cc){
write();
cc = c;
co = 1;
}else{
co ++;
}
}
write();
return ret; // 2abc2d2a2b
}

Answer 2

There's probably a smarter and shorter way to do it, but here's a possible solution:
String string = 'aaabcddaabb';
String result = '';
String lastMatch = '';
int count = 0;
while (string.isNotEmpty) {
if (string[0] != lastMatch) {
result += '${count > 1 ? count : ''}$lastMatch';
lastMatch = string[0];
count = 0;
}
count++;
string = string.substring(1);
}
result += '${count > 1 ? count : ''}$lastMatch';
print(result); //3abc2d2a2b
I also came up with this smarter solution. Even though it's nice that it's a single expression it's maybe not very readable:
String string = 'aaabcddaabb';
String result = string.split('').fold<String>(
'',
(r, e) => r.isNotEmpty && e == r[r.length - 1]
? r.length > 1 &&
int.tryParse(r.substring(r.length - 2, r.length - 1)) != null
? '${r.substring(0, r.length - 2)}${int.parse(r.substring(r.length - 2, r.length - 1)) + 1}$e'
: '${r.substring(0, r.length - 1)}2$e'
: '$r$e');
print(result); //3abc2d2a2b