Repeatedly Remove Adjacent Equal Characters

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Repeatedly Remove Adjacent Equal Characters

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This question evaluates a candidate's ability to use a stack-based approach to repeatedly cancel out adjacent equal elements in a string. It tests understanding of amortized linear-time string processing and how local reductions can cascade into new matches, a common pattern in coding interviews. The problem is a practical, implementation-focused algorithms exercise rather than a purely conceptual one.

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Repeatedly Remove Adjacent Equal Characters