Generate Mars Habitat Resource Codes
Generate Mars Habitat Resource Codes
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NASA's Mars habitat uses compressed resource codes for inventory management. A resource code is generated by combining: first character + count of middle characters + last character. For example, 'WATER' becomes 'W3R' (W, 3 middle letters, R).
Approach
Given a resource name string, generate a code as: first character + middle character count + last character.
Input
WATER
Output
W3R
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