#17 Backspace String Comparison

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Two strings consisting of lowercase Latin letters and the deletion symbol '#' (backspace) are given. Check whether the strings are equal after applying backspaces.

// "ab#c" == "ad#c" -> true ("ac" == "ac")
// "ab##" == "c#d#" -> true ("" == "")
// "a#c" == "b" -> false ("c" != "b")
boolean backspaceCompare(String s, String t) {
    ...
}

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