class Solution {
 public:
  int expressiveWords(string S, vector<string>& words) {
    int ans = 0;

    for (const string& word : words)
      if (isStretchy(S, word))
        ++ans;

    return ans;
  }

 private:
  bool isStretchy(const string& S, const string& word) {
    const int n = S.length();
    const int m = word.length();

    int j = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
      if (j < m && S[i] == word[j])
        ++j;
      else if (i > 1 && S[i] == S[i - 1] && S[i - 1] == S[i - 2])
        continue;
      else if (0 < i && i + 1 < n && S[i - 1] == S[i] && S[i] == S[i + 1])
        continue;
      else
        return false;

    return j == m;
  }
};

class Solution {
  public int expressiveWords(String S, String[] words) {
    int ans = 0;

    for (final String word : words)
      if (isStretchy(S, word))
        ++ans;

    return ans;
  }

  private boolean isStretchy(final String S, final String word) {
    final int n = S.length();
    final int m = word.length();

    int j = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
      if (j < m && S.charAt(i) == word.charAt(j))
        ++j;
      else if (i > 1 && S.charAt(i) == S.charAt(i - 1) && S.charAt(i - 1) == S.charAt(i - 2))
        continue;
      else if (0 < i && i + 1 < n &&
          S.charAt(i - 1) == S.charAt(i) &&
          S.charAt(i) == S.charAt(i + 1))
        continue;
      else
        return false;

    return j == m;
  }
}

class Solution:
  def expressiveWords(self, S: str, words: List[str]) -> int:
    def isStretchy(word: str) -> bool:
      n = len(S)
      m = len(word)

      j = 0
      for i in range(n):
        if j < m and S[i] == word[j]:
          j += 1
        elif i > 1 and S[i] == S[i - 1] == S[i - 2]:
          continue
        elif 0 < i < n - 1 and S[i - 1] == S[i] == S[i + 1]:
          continue
        else:
          return False

      return j == m

    return sum(isStretchy(word) for word in words)