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It is possible to use any

number of characters '/' as a delimiter in path instead of one traditional '/'. For

example,

strings //usr///local//nginx/sbin// and /usr/local/nginx///sbi

n are equivalent. The character '/' (or some sequence of such characters) at the

end of the path is required only in case of the path to the root directory, which can be

represented as single character '/'.

A path called normalized if it contains the smallest possible number of

characters '/'.

Your task is to transform a given path to the normalized form.
Sample Input

//usr///local//nginx/sbin

Sample Output

/usr/local/nginx/sbin

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We don't do your assignments for you - read the stickies at the top of the forum.

Write some code, if you have questions, post the code, be direct in what you're having problems with.

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It is possible to use any number of characters '/' as a delimiter in path instead of one traditional '/'. FIt is possible to use any

No. When in doubt test it in a command prompt. MS-Windows accepts only a single / character immediately before each folder name.

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AD - you're being too M$-centric.

DOS/Windows use backslash - \

The OP refers to forward slashes / or // or ///, which in Unix/Linux are treated as single slash, so the Google tells me.

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AD - you're being too M$-centric.

LOL You're right :)

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