From 014b3ecf4a4f6030ec4607d46f21b4c41945b6bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Swaroop Phatak <swaroopphatak07@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 23:41:21 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Create compress_swaroop-phatak.cpp

---
 compress_swaroop-phatak.cpp | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 compress_swaroop-phatak.cpp

diff --git a/compress_swaroop-phatak.cpp b/compress_swaroop-phatak.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e4d4aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compress_swaroop-phatak.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+class Solution {
+public:
+    int compress(vector<char>& chars) {
+        int i = 0, ans = 0;
+        while (i < chars.size()) {
+            int j = i;
+            while (j < chars.size() && chars[j] == chars[i]) j++;
+            chars[ans++] = chars[i];
+            if (j - i > 1) {
+                string cnt = to_string(j - i);
+                for (char c : cnt) chars[ans++] = c;
+            }
+            i = j;
+        }
+        return ans;
+    }
+};