JuniorString
Count Asterisks
You are given a string s, where every two consecutive vertical bars '|' are grouped into a pair. In other words, the 1st and 2nd '|' make a pair, the 3rd and 4th '|' make a pair, and so forth.
Return the number of '*' in s, excluding the '*' between each pair of '|'.
Note that each '|' will belong to exactly one pair.
Example 1
Input
s = "l|*e*et|c**o|*de|"Output
2The characters between the first and second '|' and between the third and fourth '|' are excluded, leaving 2 considered asterisks.
Example 2
Input
s = "iamprogrammer"Output
0There are no asterisks in
s, so the answer is 0.Constraints
- 1 <= s.length <= 1000
- s consists of lowercase English letters, vertical bars '|', and asterisks '*'.
- s contains an even number of vertical bars '|'.