1def compress(string):
2 index = 0
3 compressed = ""
4 len_str = len(string)
5 while index != len_str:
6 count = 1
7 while (index < len_str-1) and (string[index] == string[index+1]):
8 count = count + 1
9 index = index + 1
10 if count == 1:
11 compressed += str(string[index])
12 else:
13 compressed += str(string[index]) + str(count)
14 index = index + 1
15 return compressed
16
17
18string = "pythooonnnpool"
19print(compress(string))
20