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Task/Run-length-encoding/Python/run-length-encoding-1.py

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+def encode(input_string):
+    count = 1
+    prev = None
+    lst = []
+    for character in input_string:
+        if character != prev:
+            if prev:
+                entry = (prev, count)
+                lst.append(entry)
+            count = 1
+            prev = character
+        else:
+            count += 1
+    else:
+        try:
+            entry = (character, count)
+            lst.append(entry)
+            return (lst, 0)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("Exception encountered {e}".format(e=e))
+            return (e, 1)
+
+def decode(lst):
+    q = []
+    for character, count in lst:
+        q.append(character * count)
+    return ''.join(q)
+
+#Method call
+value = encode("aaaaahhhhhhmmmmmmmuiiiiiiiaaaaaa")
+if value[1] == 0:
+    print("Encoded value is {}".format(value[0]))
+    decode(value[0])