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71. Simplify Path
# https://leetcode.com/problems/simplify-path/description/
# 71. Simplify Path
# Given a string path, which is an absolute path (starting with a slash '/') to a file or directory in a Unix-style file system, convert it to the simplified canonical path.
# In a Unix-style file system, a period '.' refers to the current directory, a double period '..' refers to the directory up a level, and any multiple consecutive slashes (i.e. '//') are treated as a single slash '/'. For this problem, any other format of periods such as '...' are treated as file/directory names.
# The canonical path should have the following format:
# The path starts with a single slash '/'.
# Any two directories are separated by a single slash '/'.
# The path does not end with a trailing '/'.
# The path only contains the directories on the path from the root directory to the target file or directory (i.e., no period '.' or double period '..')
# Return the simplified canonical path.
# Example 1:
# Input: path = "/home/"
# Output: "/home"
# Explanation: Note that there is no trailing slash after the last directory name.
# Example 2:
# Input: path = "/../"
# Output: "/"
# Explanation: Going one level up from the root directory is a no-op, as the root level is the highest level you can go.
# Example 3:
# Input: path = "/home//foo/"
# Output: "/home/foo"
# Explanation: In the canonical path, multiple consecutive slashes are replaced by a single one.
# Constraints:
# 1 <= path.length <= 3000
# path consists of English letters, digits, period '.', slash '/' or '_'.
# path is a valid absolute Unix path.
# @param {String} path
# @return {String}
def simplify_path(path)
dirs = path.split('/').drop(1)
output = []
dirs.each do |dir|
# do nothing for '' and '.'
case dir
when ''
when '.'
when '..'
output.pop
else
output << dir
end
end
'/' + output.join('/')
end
# Runtime
# 65ms
# Beats 70.15%of users with Ruby
# Memory
# 211.13MB
# Beats 13.43%of users with Ruby
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