Code RoomFlip game winner
MediumPrep Room Coding #1363

Flip game winner

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresMid–Senior~30 min

Two players alternate turns on a string of '+' and '-' characters. On a move a player flips two consecutive '++' into '--'. A player who cannot move loses. Given the starting string `s`, return true if the player to move first can guarantee a win with optimal play. 1 <= len(s) <= 18.

Implement
can_win(s: str) → bool
Examples
in["++++"]outtrue
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
["++++"]truenot run yetsample