Solution: Valid Word Abbreviation
Explore how to determine the validity of an abbreviation for a word by applying the two pointers method. This lesson guides you through matching letters and numbers in the abbreviation, checking for leading zeros and substring replacements, so you can effectively solve abbreviation validation problems.
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Statement
Given a string, word, and abbreviation, abbr, return TRUE if the abbreviation matches the given string. Otherwise, return FALSE. An abbreviation can replace any non-adjacent, non-empty substrings of the original word with their lengths. Replacement lengths must not contain leading zeros.
A certain word, "calendar", can be abbreviated as follows:
"cal3ar"("cal +end[length = 3] + ar"...