java: Run length coding is a method to represent a string in a more compact manner. Each character that occurs more than 2 times in a row is represented by the character and a number following it. Two examples are: "abba" → "abba" "abcccbbbba" → "abc3b4a" Write a function that calculates how many characters the encoded string is shorter than the original

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Run length coding is a method to represent a string in a more compact manner. Each character that occurs more than 2 times in a row is represented by the character and a number following it. Two examples are:

"abba" → "abba"
"abcccbbbba" → "abc3b4a"
Write a function that calculates how many characters the encoded string is shorter than the original.

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