Merge pull request #12038 from simongreen-net/master

sgreen solutions to challenge 321

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+
+def covert_string(s: str) -> str:
+    """Convert a string by treating '#' as a backspace character
+
+    Args:
+        s (str): The original string
+
+    Returns:
+        str: The converted string
+    """
+
+    new_string = ''
+    for c in s:
+        if c == '#':
+            # This is safe even if new_string is empty
+            new_string = new_string[:-1]
+        else:
+            new_string += c
+
+    return new_string
+
+def backspace_compare(str1: str, str2: str) -> bool:
+    """Compare two strings are the same if '#' is a back space character
+
+    Args:
+        str1 (str): The first string
+        str2 (str): The second string
+
+    Returns:
+        bool: Whether the resulting strings are the same
+    """
+    return covert_string(str1) == covert_string(str2)
+
+
+def main():
+    result = backspace_compare(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
+    print(result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()