{"trustable":true,"sections":[{"title":"","value":{"format":"HTML","content":"\u003cdiv class\u003d\"challenge_problem_statement\"\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"msB challenge_problem_statement_body\"\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"hackdown-content\"\u003e\u003cstyle id\u003d\"MathJax_SVG_styles\"\u003e.MathJax_SVG_Display {text-align: center; margin: 1em 0em; position: relative; display: block!important; text-indent: 0; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; width: 100%}\n.MathJax_SVG .MJX-monospace {font-family: monospace}\n.MathJax_SVG .MJX-sans-serif {font-family: sans-serif}\n.MathJax_SVG {display: inline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; font-size-adjust: none; text-indent: 0; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0}\n.MathJax_SVG * {transition: none; -webkit-transition: none; -moz-transition: none; -ms-transition: none; -o-transition: none}\n.mjx-svg-href {fill: blue; stroke: blue}\n.MathJax_SVG_LineBox {display: table!important}\n.MathJax_SVG_LineBox span {display: table-cell!important; width: 10000em!important; min-width: 0; max-width: none; padding: 0; border: 0; margin: 0}\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003csvg style\u003d\"display: none;\"\u003e\u003cdefs id\u003d\"MathJax_SVG_glyphs\"\u003e\u003c/defs\u003e\u003c/svg\u003e\u003cp\u003eReduce a string of lowercase characters in range \u003ccode\u003eascii[‘a’..’z’]\u003c/code\u003eby doing a series of operations. 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display: inline-block;\" class\u003d\"MathJax_SVG\" id\u003d\"MathJax-Element-2-Frame\"\u003e\u003csvg xmlns:xlink\u003d\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" width\u003d\"10.393ex\" height\u003d\"2.176ex\" style\u003d\"vertical-align: -0.338ex;\" viewBox\u003d\"0 -791.3 4474.6 936.9\" role\u003d\"img\" focusable\u003d\"false\"\u003e\u003cg stroke\u003d\"currentColor\" fill\u003d\"currentColor\" stroke-width\u003d\"0\" transform\u003d\"matrix(1 0 0 -1 0 0)\"\u003e\u003cpath stroke-width\u003d\"1\" d\u003d\"M131 289Q131 321 147 354T203 415T300 442Q362 442 390 415T419 355Q419 323 402 308T364 292Q351 292 340 300T328 326Q328 342 337 354T354 372T367 378Q368 378 368 379Q368 382 361 388T336 399T297 405Q249 405 227 379T204 326Q204 301 223 291T278 274T330 259Q396 230 396 163Q396 135 385 107T352 51T289 7T195 -10Q118 -10 86 19T53 87Q53 126 74 143T118 160Q133 160 146 151T160 120Q160 94 142 76T111 58Q109 57 108 57T107 55Q108 52 115 47T146 34T201 27Q237 27 263 38T301 66T318 97T323 122Q323 150 302 164T254 181T195 196T148 231Q131 256 131 289Z\"\u003e\u003c/path\u003e\u003cg transform\u003d\"translate(747,0)\"\u003e\u003cpath stroke-width\u003d\"1\" d\u003d\"M56 347Q56 360 70 367H707Q722 359 722 347Q722 336 708 328L390 327H72Q56 332 56 347ZM56 153Q56 168 72 173H708Q722 163 722 153Q722 140 707 133H70Q56 140 56 153Z\"\u003e\u003c/path\u003e\u003c/g\u003e\u003cg transform\u003d\"translate(1803,0)\"\u003e\u003cpath stroke-width\u003d\"1\" d\u003d\"M78 634Q78 659 95 676T138 694Q166 694 189 668T212 579Q212 525 190 476T146 403T118 379Q114 379 105 388T95 401Q95 404 107 417T133 448T161 500T176 572Q176 584 175 584T170 581T157 576T139 573Q114 573 96 590T78 634Z\"\u003e\u003c/path\u003e\u003cpath stroke-width\u003d\"1\" d\u003d\"M137 305T115 305T78 320T63 359Q63 394 97 421T218 448Q291 448 336 416T396 340Q401 326 401 309T402 194V124Q402 76 407 58T428 40Q443 40 448 56T453 109V145H493V106Q492 66 490 59Q481 29 455 12T400 -6T353 12T329 54V58L327 55Q325 52 322 49T314 40T302 29T287 17T269 6T247 -2T221 -8T190 -11Q130 -11 82 20T34 107Q34 128 41 147T68 188T116 225T194 253T304 268H318V290Q318 324 312 340Q290 411 215 411Q197 411 181 410T156 406T148 403Q170 388 170 359Q170 334 154 320ZM126 106Q126 75 150 51T209 26Q247 26 276 49T315 109Q317 116 318 175Q318 233 317 233Q309 233 296 232T251 223T193 203T147 166T126 106Z\" transform\u003d\"translate(278,0)\"\u003e\u003c/path\u003e\u003cpath stroke-width\u003d\"1\" d\u003d\"M307 -11Q234 -11 168 55L158 37Q156 34 153 28T147 17T143 10L138 1L118 0H98V298Q98 599 97 603Q94 622 83 628T38 637H20V660Q20 683 22 683L32 684Q42 685 61 686T98 688Q115 689 135 690T165 693T176 694H179V543Q179 391 180 391L183 394Q186 397 192 401T207 411T228 421T254 431T286 439T323 442Q401 442 461 379T522 216Q522 115 458 52T307 -11ZM182 98Q182 97 187 90T196 79T206 67T218 55T233 44T250 35T271 29T295 26Q330 26 363 46T412 113Q424 148 424 212Q424 287 412 323Q385 405 300 405Q270 405 239 390T188 347L182 339V98Z\" transform\u003d\"translate(779,0)\"\u003e\u003c/path\u003e\u003cpath stroke-width\u003d\"1\" d\u003d\"M307 -11Q234 -11 168 55L158 37Q156 34 153 28T147 17T143 10L138 1L118 0H98V298Q98 599 97 603Q94 622 83 628T38 637H20V660Q20 683 22 683L32 684Q42 685 61 686T98 688Q115 689 135 690T165 693T176 694H179V543Q179 391 180 391L183 394Q186 397 192 401T207 411T228 421T254 431T286 439T323 442Q401 442 461 379T522 216Q522 115 458 52T307 -11ZM182 98Q182 97 187 90T196 79T206 67T218 55T233 44T250 35T271 29T295 26Q330 26 363 46T412 113Q424 148 424 212Q424 287 412 323Q385 405 300 405Q270 405 239 390T188 347L182 339V98Z\" transform\u003d\"translate(1335,0)\"\u003e\u003c/path\u003e\u003cpath stroke-width\u003d\"1\" d\u003d\"M137 305T115 305T78 320T63 359Q63 394 97 421T218 448Q291 448 336 416T396 340Q401 326 401 309T402 194V124Q402 76 407 58T428 40Q443 40 448 56T453 109V145H493V106Q492 66 490 59Q481 29 455 12T400 -6T353 12T329 54V58L327 55Q325 52 322 49T314 40T302 29T287 17T269 6T247 -2T221 -8T190 -11Q130 -11 82 20T34 107Q34 128 41 147T68 188T116 225T194 253T304 268H318V290Q318 324 312 340Q290 411 215 411Q197 411 181 410T156 406T148 403Q170 388 170 359Q170 334 154 320ZM126 106Q126 75 150 51T209 26Q247 26 276 49T315 109Q317 116 318 175Q318 233 317 233Q309 233 296 232T251 223T193 203T147 166T126 106Z\" transform\u003d\"translate(1892,0)\"\u003e\u003c/path\u003e\u003cpath stroke-width\u003d\"1\" d\u003d\"M78 634Q78 659 95 676T138 694Q166 694 189 668T212 579Q212 525 190 476T146 403T118 379Q114 379 105 388T95 401Q95 404 107 417T133 448T161 500T176 572Q176 584 175 584T170 581T157 576T139 573Q114 573 96 590T78 634Z\" transform\u003d\"translate(2392,0)\"\u003e\u003c/path\u003e\u003c/g\u003e\u003c/g\u003e\u003c/svg\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRemove the two \u0027b\u0027 characters leaving \u0027aa\u0027. Remove the two \u0027a\u0027 characters to leave \u0027\u0027. Return \u0027Empty String\u0027.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFunction Description\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eComplete the \u003cem\u003esuperReducedString\u003c/em\u003e function in the editor below. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003esuperReducedString has the following parameter(s): \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003estring s:\u003c/em\u003e a string to reduce \u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReturns\u003c/strong\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003estring:\u003c/em\u003e the reduced string or \u003ccode\u003eEmpty String\u003c/code\u003e \u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"challenge_input_format\"\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"msB challenge_input_format_title\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInput Format\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"msB 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46H265V0H257L234 1Q210 2 183 2T145 3Q42 3 33 0H25V46H41Z\" transform\u003d\"translate(2419,0)\"\u003e\u003c/path\u003e\u003cpath stroke-width\u003d\"1\" d\u003d\"M28 214Q28 309 93 378T250 448Q340 448 405 380T471 215Q471 120 407 55T250 -10Q153 -10 91 57T28 214ZM250 30Q372 30 372 193V225V250Q372 272 371 288T364 326T348 362T317 390T268 410Q263 411 252 411Q222 411 195 399Q152 377 139 338T126 246V226Q126 130 145 91Q177 30 250 30Z\" transform\u003d\"translate(3226,0)\"\u003e\u003c/path\u003e\u003cpath stroke-width\u003d\"1\" d\u003d\"M273 0Q255 3 146 3Q43 3 34 0H26V46H42Q70 46 91 49Q99 52 103 60Q104 62 104 224V385H33V431H104V497L105 564L107 574Q126 639 171 668T266 704Q267 704 275 704T289 705Q330 702 351 679T372 627Q372 604 358 590T321 576T284 590T270 627Q270 647 288 667H284Q280 668 273 668Q245 668 223 647T189 592Q183 572 182 497V431H293V385H185V225Q185 63 186 61T189 57T194 54T199 51T206 49T213 48T222 47T231 47T241 46T251 46H282V0H273Z\" 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