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Create Alternating-Characters.py

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	`1`	`+#!/bin/python3`
	`2`	`+`
	`3`	`+import math`
	`4`	`+import os`
	`5`	`+import random`
	`6`	`+import re`
	`7`	`+import sys`
	`8`	`+`
	`9`	`+# Complete the alternatingCharacters function below.`
	`10`	`+def checkalt(s1):`
	`11`	`+ c1=s1[0]`
	`12`	`+ for i in range(0,len(s1)):`
	`13`	`+ if i%2==0:`
	`14`	`+ if s1[i]!=c1:`
	`15`	`+ return False`
	`16`	`+ if i%2==1:`
	`17`	`+ if s1[i]==c1:`
	`18`	`+ return False`
	`19`	`+ return True`
	`20`	`+def toggle_find(find):`
	`21`	`+ if find==65:`
	`22`	`+ find=66`
	`23`	`+ elif find==66:`
	`24`	`+ find=65`
	`25`	`+ return find`
	`26`	`+`
	`27`	`+def a(i):`
	`28`	`+ count=0`
	`29`	`+ l=[ord(i1) for i1 in i]`
	`30`	`+ find=ord(i[0])`
	`31`	`+ for i in range(0,len(l)):#dont allow the first casw to go in`
	`32`	`+ if l[i]==find:`
	`33`	`+ find=toggle_find(find)`
	`34`	`+ else:`
	`35`	`+ count+=1`
	`36`	`+ return count`
	`37`	`+`
	`38`	`+def alternatingCharacters(s):`
	`39`	`+ i=s`
	`40`	`+ if 'B' not in i:`
	`41`	`+ return len(i)-1`
	`42`	`+ elif 'A' not in i:`
	`43`	`+ return len(i)-1`
	`44`	`+ elif(checkalt(i)):`
	`45`	`+ return 0`
	`46`	`+ else:`
	`47`	`+ return a(i)`
	`48`	`+ return 0`
	`49`	`+`
	`50`	`+`
	`51`	`+`
	`52`	`+if __name__ == '__main__':`
	`53`	`+ fptr = open(os.environ['OUTPUT_PATH'], 'w')`
	`54`	`+`
	`55`	`+ q = int(input())`
	`56`	`+`
	`57`	`+ for q_itr in range(q):`
	`58`	`+ s = input()`
	`59`	`+`
	`60`	`+ result = alternatingCharacters(s)`
	`61`	`+`
	`62`	`+ fptr.write(str(result) + '\n')`
	`63`	`+`
	`64`	`+ fptr.close()`

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