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Intuition\n Describe your first thoughts on how to solve this problem. \n\n# Approach\n Describe your approach to solving the problem. \nExplanation\nComparison
# Intuition\n<!-- Describe your first thoughts on how to solve this problem. -->\n\n# Approach\n<!-- Describe your approach to solving the problem. -->\nExplanation\nComparison: c[i] == c[i - 1] checks if the characters are the same.\nAlmost-Equal Check: Math.abs(c[i] - c[i - 1]) == 1 checks if the characters are adjacent in the alphabet.\nSkip Next Character: i++ ensures that the next character is skipped after an operation.\n# Complexity\n- Time complexity:\no(n)\n\n- Space complexity:\n 0(1)\n# Code\n```java []\nclass Solution {\n    public int removeAlmostEqualCharacters(String word) {\n\n\n    char[] c = word.toCharArray();\n    int n = c.length;\n    int operations=0;\n     for(int i=1;i<n;i++){\n      if((c[i] == c[i-1]) || Math.abs(c[i] - c[i-1])==1){\n        operations++;\n        i++;\n      }\n     }   \n     return operations;\n    }\n}\n```
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