#2315

Count Asterisks

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Description

You are given a string s where pairs of consecutive '|' characters are grouped together — the 1st and 2nd '|' form the first pair, the 3rd and 4th form the second pair, and so on.

Return the number of '*' characters that lie outside every '|' pair.

Note: every '|' belongs to exactly one pair.

Example 1:

Input: s = "l|*e*et|c**o|*de|"

Output: 2

Explanation: The considered characters are underlined: "l|*e*et|c**o|*de|".

The characters between the first and second '|' are excluded from the answer.

Also, the characters between the third and fourth '|' are excluded from the answer.

There are 2 asterisks considered. Therefore, we return 2.

Example 2:

Input: s = "iamprogrammer"

Output: 0

Explanation: In this example, there are no asterisks in s. Therefore, we return 0.

Example 3:

Input: s = "yo|uar|e**|b|e***au|tifu|l"

Output: 5

Explanation: The considered characters are underlined: "yo|uar|e**|b|e***au|tifu|l". There are 5 asterisks considered. Therefore, we return 5.

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class Solution:
    def countAsterisks(self, s: str) -> int:

class Solution:
    def countAsterisks(self, s: str) -> int: