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"""

QUESTION: Given a string as your input, delete any reoccurring

character, and return the new string.

This is a Google warmup interview question that was asked duirng phone screening

at my university.

"""

# time complexity O(n)

def delete_reoccurring_characters(string):

seen_characters = set()

output_string = ''

for char in string:

if char not in seen_characters:

seen_characters.add(char)

output_string += char

return output_string