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Minimum number of elements to be removed so that pairwise consecutive elements are same | Function to count the minimum number of elements to remove from a number so that pairwise two consecutive digits are same ..
initialize counting variable.
check if two consecutive digits are same.
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How can the above be solved in Python?
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#Here is code to minimum number of elements to be removed so that pairwise consecutive elements are same and the other steps required.
 def countConsecutive ( s ) :
	count = - 1
	for i in range ( len ( s ) - 1 ) :
		if ( i <= len ( s ) ) :
			if ( s [ i ] is s [ i + 1 ] ) :
				i += 1
			else :
				count += 1
	return count
if __name__ == ' _ _ main _ _ ' :
	str = "44522255"
	print ( countConsecutive ( str ) )