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That one makes me feel stupid for wasting time and memory on my code :'D
Brilliant man !!

totally got stumped by an 8 kyu. dam

DAMN

I'll say.

I just happened to see some examples of how this function worked yesterday otherwise my code would've been a lot longer im sure 😅

Haha, same

Same. I also overcomplicated it

Mutating an argument is the worst thing you can do.

Agreed, I first solved it in Python and while I am fluent with most of the string methods after years of Python, I had forgotten about this one in absence of practice and solved it with less advanced features and alorithmic logic. Built-in methods are just masked hardwork of creators, and they can indeed be less efficient in cases and you would needa use your own logic!

Damn it! lmao I didn't know that method exists, Nice!! I'm going to add this to my future references thank you very much!