Remove Consecutive Duplicates From String Problem Statement

Given a string STR consisting of both lower and upper case characters, your task is to remove consecutive duplicate characters from the string and return the new string.

Input:

The first and only line of input contains the string 'STR' without any spaces.

Output:

Return the final string after removing all consecutive duplicates.

Example:

Input: "aaaAAbbcccbd"
Output: "aAbcbd"

Constraints:

  • 1 <= |S| <= 105
Note:
You don't have to print anything. Just implement and return the final string.
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The task is to remove consecutive duplicate characters from a given string and return the new string.

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