Code RoomDecode nested bracket string
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Decode nested bracket string

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresMid–Senior~25 min

Decode a string encoded with the rule k[encoded_string], where the bracketed substring is repeated exactly k times. k is a positive integer and encoding may be nested. The input contains only lowercase letters, digits, and brackets, is always well-formed, has length 1 to 10^4, and the decoded output fits comfortably in memory (under ~10^5 characters). Return the decoded string.

Implement
decode_string(s: str) → str
Examples
in["3[a]2[bc]"]out"aaabcbc"
What a strong answer looks like

State your approach and its time/space complexity out loud before you optimize. Handle the edge cases (empty input, duplicates, overflow), and say why you chose this over the brute force. Green tests are the floor, not the grade.

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InputExpectedGot
["3[a]2[bc]"]"aaabcbc"not run yetsample