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+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+using namespace std;
+
+
+string compress(const string& toCompress){
+	string result = "";
+
+	int i = 0;
+	while( i < toCompress.length()) {
+		int counter = 1;
+		while((counter+i) < toCompress.length() && toCompress[i] == toCompress[i+counter]){
+			counter++;
+		}
+		result += toCompress[i] + to_string(counter);
+		i += counter;
+	}
+
+	if(toCompress.length() <= result.length()) {
+		result = toCompress;
+	}
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+int main() {
+	string toCompress = "abccccaa";
+	string result = compress(toCompress);
+
+	cout << toCompress << endl;
+	cout << result << endl;
+
+	return 0;
+};