Endcode and Decode Strings solution

Author: PDKhan

encode-and-decode-strings/PDKhan.cpp

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+class Solution {
+    public:
+        /*
+         * @param strs: a list of strings
+         * @return: encodes a list of strings to a single string.
+         */
+        string encode(vector<string> &strs) {
+            // write your code here
+            string code;
+    
+            for(const string& s : strs){
+                code += to_string(s.size()) + ":" + s;
+            }
+    
+            return code;
+        }
+    
+        /*
+         * @param str: A string
+         * @return: decodes a single string to a list of strings
+         */
+        vector<string> decode(string &str) {
+            // write your code here
+            vector<string> result;
+            int i;
+    
+            while(i < str.size()){
+                int j = i;
+    
+                while(str[j] != ':') 
+                    j++;
+    
+                int len = stoi(str.substr(i, j - i);
+                string word = str.substr(j + 1, len);
+    
+                result.push_back(word);
+    
+                i = j + 1 + len;
+            }
+    
+            return result;
+        }
+    };